USMCR World War II
PFC Harry E. Blankenfeld KIA March 9, 1945 Iwo Jima
Unit Company B, 5th Engineer Battalion, 26th Marines 5th Marine Division, FMF
Hometown: Davenport, Iowa
Wife, Mrs. Harry E. Blankenfeld
service# 888123
Awards: World War II Victory Medal, Purple Heart
Details of career here.
The 5th Marine Division was activated on Armistice Day, 11 November 1943. The division's Headquarters Battalion officially began operating at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton on 1 December, at which time men and equipment began streaming into Camp Pendleton. The official activation date for the Division was 21 January 1944. The division had a solid core of combat veterans from the beginning however there were many issues raising the total required number of Marines as the Marine Corps had to provide combat replacements to other divisions and staff the newly formed 6th Marine Division also. Among the personnel forming the new division were Marines from the former 1st Marine Parachute Regiment, the Raider Training Battalion, the Parachute Training School, West Coast, and the Parachute Replacement Company.
Iwo Jima
The battalion landed on Green Beach∼Killed in Action on IWO JIMA∼Funeral services for Private (first class) Harry E. Blankenfeld, who was killed in action on Iwo Jima, March 9, 1945, will be held at 3'oclock Wednesday afternoon in the Runge mortuary, Davenport. Burial will be in Davenport Memorial Park cemetery. The family requests that flowers be omitted.
He was born Oct. 18, 1917, in Geneseo, and entered the marine corps in October, 1943.
Surviving are his widow, who has since remarried; a daughter, Darcia Dawn Blankenfeld of Davenport; his father of Denver, Colo.; his mother, Mrs. Lydia J. Blankenfeld of Davenport; three sisters, including Mrs. Betty Ries of Davenport; the maternal grandmother, Mrs. Lottie Stiener of Atkinson, and the paternal grandfather, John Blankenfeld of Geneseo. The Rock Island Argus, Rock Island, Illinois, 10 Jan 1949, Monday
PFC Harry E. Blankenfeld KIA March 9, 1945 Iwo Jima
Unit Company B, 5th Engineer Battalion, 26th Marines 5th Marine Division, FMF
Hometown: Davenport, Iowa
Wife, Mrs. Harry E. Blankenfeld
service# 888123
Awards: World War II Victory Medal, Purple Heart
Details of career here.
The 5th Marine Division was activated on Armistice Day, 11 November 1943. The division's Headquarters Battalion officially began operating at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton on 1 December, at which time men and equipment began streaming into Camp Pendleton. The official activation date for the Division was 21 January 1944. The division had a solid core of combat veterans from the beginning however there were many issues raising the total required number of Marines as the Marine Corps had to provide combat replacements to other divisions and staff the newly formed 6th Marine Division also. Among the personnel forming the new division were Marines from the former 1st Marine Parachute Regiment, the Raider Training Battalion, the Parachute Training School, West Coast, and the Parachute Replacement Company.
Iwo Jima
The battalion landed on Green Beach∼Killed in Action on IWO JIMA∼Funeral services for Private (first class) Harry E. Blankenfeld, who was killed in action on Iwo Jima, March 9, 1945, will be held at 3'oclock Wednesday afternoon in the Runge mortuary, Davenport. Burial will be in Davenport Memorial Park cemetery. The family requests that flowers be omitted.
He was born Oct. 18, 1917, in Geneseo, and entered the marine corps in October, 1943.
Surviving are his widow, who has since remarried; a daughter, Darcia Dawn Blankenfeld of Davenport; his father of Denver, Colo.; his mother, Mrs. Lydia J. Blankenfeld of Davenport; three sisters, including Mrs. Betty Ries of Davenport; the maternal grandmother, Mrs. Lottie Stiener of Atkinson, and the paternal grandfather, John Blankenfeld of Geneseo. The Rock Island Argus, Rock Island, Illinois, 10 Jan 1949, Monday
USMCR World War II
PFC Harry E. Blankenfeld KIA March 9, 1945 Iwo Jima
Unit Company B, 5th Engineer Battalion, 26th Marines 5th Marine Division, FMF
Hometown: Davenport, Iowa
Wife, Mrs. Harry E. Blankenfeld
service# 888123
Awards: World War II Victory Medal, Purple Heart
Details of career here.
The 5th Marine Division was activated on Armistice Day, 11 November 1943. The division's Headquarters Battalion officially began operating at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton on 1 December, at which time men and equipment began streaming into Camp Pendleton. The official activation date for the Division was 21 January 1944. The division had a solid core of combat veterans from the beginning however there were many issues raising the total required number of Marines as the Marine Corps had to provide combat replacements to other divisions and staff the newly formed 6th Marine Division also. Among the personnel forming the new division were Marines from the former 1st Marine Parachute Regiment, the Raider Training Battalion, the Parachute Training School, West Coast, and the Parachute Replacement Company.
Iwo Jima
The battalion landed on Green Beach∼Killed in Action on IWO JIMA∼Funeral services for Private (first class) Harry E. Blankenfeld, who was killed in action on Iwo Jima, March 9, 1945, will be held at 3'oclock Wednesday afternoon in the Runge mortuary, Davenport. Burial will be in Davenport Memorial Park cemetery. The family requests that flowers be omitted.
He was born Oct. 18, 1917, in Geneseo, and entered the marine corps in October, 1943.
Surviving are his widow, who has since remarried; a daughter, Darcia Dawn Blankenfeld of Davenport; his father of Denver, Colo.; his mother, Mrs. Lydia J. Blankenfeld of Davenport; three sisters, including Mrs. Betty Ries of Davenport; the maternal grandmother, Mrs. Lottie Stiener of Atkinson, and the paternal grandfather, John Blankenfeld of Geneseo. The Rock Island Argus, Rock Island, Illinois, 10 Jan 1949, Monday
PFC Harry E. Blankenfeld KIA March 9, 1945 Iwo Jima
Unit Company B, 5th Engineer Battalion, 26th Marines 5th Marine Division, FMF
Hometown: Davenport, Iowa
Wife, Mrs. Harry E. Blankenfeld
service# 888123
Awards: World War II Victory Medal, Purple Heart
Details of career here.
The 5th Marine Division was activated on Armistice Day, 11 November 1943. The division's Headquarters Battalion officially began operating at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton on 1 December, at which time men and equipment began streaming into Camp Pendleton. The official activation date for the Division was 21 January 1944. The division had a solid core of combat veterans from the beginning however there were many issues raising the total required number of Marines as the Marine Corps had to provide combat replacements to other divisions and staff the newly formed 6th Marine Division also. Among the personnel forming the new division were Marines from the former 1st Marine Parachute Regiment, the Raider Training Battalion, the Parachute Training School, West Coast, and the Parachute Replacement Company.
Iwo Jima
The battalion landed on Green Beach∼Killed in Action on IWO JIMA∼Funeral services for Private (first class) Harry E. Blankenfeld, who was killed in action on Iwo Jima, March 9, 1945, will be held at 3'oclock Wednesday afternoon in the Runge mortuary, Davenport. Burial will be in Davenport Memorial Park cemetery. The family requests that flowers be omitted.
He was born Oct. 18, 1917, in Geneseo, and entered the marine corps in October, 1943.
Surviving are his widow, who has since remarried; a daughter, Darcia Dawn Blankenfeld of Davenport; his father of Denver, Colo.; his mother, Mrs. Lydia J. Blankenfeld of Davenport; three sisters, including Mrs. Betty Ries of Davenport; the maternal grandmother, Mrs. Lottie Stiener of Atkinson, and the paternal grandfather, John Blankenfeld of Geneseo. The Rock Island Argus, Rock Island, Illinois, 10 Jan 1949, Monday
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