J. B. Blankenship

Company C 1st Battalion 22nd Infantry

4th Infantry Division

KIA 06/21/1944

J. B. Blankenship was born in Henry County, Alabama on October 22, 1908.

He enlisted in the Regular Army on October 30, 1940, at Montgomery, Alabama, for "Assignment To Another Corps Area."
His home of residence was listed as Henry County, Alabama and his civilian occupation was listed as Farm Hands,
General Farms. He had completed grammar school and was single with no dependents. His religion was listed as Protestant.

He was awarded the Good Conduct Medal as a Sergeant in Company C
in General Orders No. 14 Headquarters 22nd Infantry dated December 31, 1943
at Fort Jackson, South Carolina.

He was promoted from Staff Sergeant to Technical Sergeant on the battlefield
in Normandy on June 16, 1944.

Technical Sergeant Blankenship was killed in action in France, on June 21 1944,
during the attack toward Cherbourg.

Decorations of J.B. Blankenship

J. B. Blankenship was buried in the temporary U.S. Military Cemetery,
Sainte Mere-Eglise #2 at Carentan, France and some time later
his remains were returned to the United States where he was
reinterred in Alabama.

Burial:
New Hope Missionary Baptist Church Cemetery
Bertha
Dale County
Alabama

Grave marker for J.B. Blankenship

Photo by Edith Blankenship from the Find A Grave website

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