Title
Technician Five Woodroe P. Blanton
Subject
World War II
United States Army
Description
Tec5 Woodroe P. Blanton was killed on January 30, 1944, while serving with the 81st Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Armored Division. Tec5 Blanton was the son of Mr. Jeff Blanton of Fernbank. An obituary can be found in the Birmingham News on March 11, 1944. To purchase that obituary see this site: http://bpldb.bplonline.org/db/formProc/obituaries?title=obituaries&lastname=blanton&search_lastname_parameter=starts&firstname=woodroe&search_firstname_parameter=starts&year=&newspaper=.
A photo of Tec5 Blanton's grave can be found at this site:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/50695941/woodroe-p-blanton.
A photo of Tec5 Blanton's grave can be found at this site:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/50695941/woodroe-p-blanton.
Source
Birmingham News
Find A Grave
Date
March 11, 1944
Contributor
Tuscaloosa Public Library
Type
Newspaper
Identifier
1476
Coverage
Lamar County (AL)
Original Format
Newspaper