MERRILL'S MARAUDERS Bledsoe, Garlie Woodrow

John Robertson

Administrator
Staff member
  • SURNAME
Bledsoe
  • FORENAME
Garlie Woodrow
  • UNIT
2 Bn (Green Combat Team)
  • RANK
Private
  • NUMBER
34096398
  • AWARD
Bronze Star,Purple Heart
  • PLACE
Burma 1944
  • ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
from Whitmire,Newberry County,South Carolina
born 11.4.1916 Blackwater,Virginia
son of Isaac Wesley and Sarilda (nee Warren) Bledsoe
unskilled worker in manufacture of textiles in civilian life
married 9.5.1936
enlisted 20.8.1941 Fort Jackson,Columbia,South Carolina
WIA 16.6.1944 Burma
475 Infantry Regiment (Company F,2 Bn) 1944-45
achieved rank of Staff Sergeant
last residence 313 Spring Street,Whitmire,South Carolina
died 6.10.1998 Whitmire,South Carolina
Whitmire Cemetery,Whitmire,Newberry County,South Carolina
 
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