Name:
Norman Henry Blankenship
Rank:
Private First Class
Serial Number:
506548
Unit:
3rd Marine Regiment
Date of Death:
1944-07-29
State:
Washington
Cemetery:
Klickitat Cemetery, Mossyrock, Lewis County, Washington, USA
Plot:
Row:
Grave:
Decoration:
Purple Heart
Comments:
Norman Henry Blankenship was born in 1926, in Washington. He was the son of Henry William Blankenship and Ada Lillian Workman Blankenship.
He served in Company I, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marines 3rd Marine Division, as a Private First Class during World War II. He was Killed in Action on July 29, 1944, during the Battle for Guam.