Military Involvement

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Harry Elmer “Buddy” Blankenfeld was born June 18, 1917 to Elmer John and Lydia Jane Steiner Blankenfeld. He died Mar. 9, 1945 and is buried in Mount Calvary Catholic Cemetery, Davenport, IA.

Pvt. Blankenfeld served in World War II with the U.S. Marine Corps 5th Engineer Battalion, 5th Marine Division, FMF and was KIA on Iwo Jima.

Source: ancestry.com

ServiceMen Research done by WWII Researcher, Pat Holt Juon, Apr 2019