Richard William Blair
from Volga,South Dakota,USA
Corporal (17157681)
2 Company 2 Regiment
born 13.10.1924 Volga,South Dakota
son of Terrace W. and Tena Ingeborg (nee Warnes) Blair
3 years high school
enlisted 11.12.1942 Fort Snelling,Minnesota (Cavalry)
3 Ranger Bn (Company B)
FSSF 1944
award Purple Heart with oak leaf cluster (Sicily and Anzio)
discharged December 1944 (Corporal)
graduated South Dakota State University
microbiologist,South Dakota Department of Health (32 years)
Secretary of Health,South Dakota
married Pam (1 son Richard W. II)
died 31.1.2008 Brookings,South Dakota
First Lutheran Cemetery,Volga,Brookings County,South Dakota Lot F-62 Grave 5
