US PARAS Blankenship, Charles P.

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Blankenship ​

• FORENAME

Charles P. ​

• UNIT

505 Parachute Infantry Regiment (Company F) ​

• RANK

Private First Class ​

• NUMBER

14021124 ​

• DATE OF DEATH

6th June 1944 ​

• AGE

24​

• GRAVESITE

Laurelwood Cemetery, Rock Hill, South Carolina, USA​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

from Asheville, Buncombe County, North Carolina​

born 12.10.1919​

son of Mr. & Mrs. B.C. Blankenship, Swannanoa​

4 years high school​

civil occupation unskilled occupations in manufacture of textiles​

single without dependents upon enlistment​

12.09.1940 entered service Charlotte, North Carolina​

505 PIR 1942​

KIA Ste-Mere-Eglise, Normandy​

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