Paul G. Blankenship | American Battle Monuments Commission

World War II

Service #	33652284
Unit	38th Infantry Battalion, 7th Armored Division
Rank	Private U.S. Army
Entered Service From	Virginia
Date of Death	October 8 1945
Status	Recovered
Memorialized	Tablets of the Missing Netherlands American Cemetery Netherlands American Cemetery AM Begraafplaats 1 6269 NA Margraten Netherlands

38th Infantry Battalion, 7th Armored Division

Bronze Star

Purple Heart

Bronze Star, Purple Heart

Notes

PVT Blankenship's remains have been recovered and interred at a private cemetery in Virginia. His name is permanently inscribed on the Tablets of the Missing at the Netherlands American Cemetery and Memorial.

When an individual’s remains have been accounted for by the U.S. Department of Defense, a rosette is placed next to the name on the Wall/Tablet/Court of the Missing to mark that the person now rests in a known gravesite.