PVT
Kenneth A Blanton
Aged 20, fallen April 29, 1945
- Unit
- Company E, 222nd Infantry Regiment
- Serial number
- 44013751
- Hometown
- Duplin, North Carolina
- Date of death
- April 29, 1945
- Classification
- Killed in action
- Burial
- Blanton Cemetery, Magnolia, Noth Carolina
Private Kenneth A Blanton, serial number 44013751, of Duplin, North Carolina, served with Company E of the 222nd Infantry Regiment in the 42nd Infantry Division, the Rainbow Division. He was killed in action on April 29, 1945, at the age of 20. He is buried at Blanton Cemetery, Magnolia, Noth Carolina.
Further reading: Brigadier General Henning Linden: The Man Who Accepted the Surrender of Dachau, Marguerite Higgins, The Female Correspondent Who Entered Dachau With the 42nd Division.
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