Blaine Alston served as 1st Lieutenant in the 370th U.S. Infantry in World War One.
He joined the 8th Illinois National Guard on Aug 10, 1917. The regiment was federalized and renamed the 370th U.S. Infantry. He went to Camp Grant, IL for training and in Feb 1918 they sailed for France, the only regiment in the American Army to go to France with all African American Officers. They served in the front line trenches under the French Army using French weapons and equipment. The regiment won 21 U.S. Distinquished Service Crosses and 71 French Croix de Guerre medals for gallantry in action. They returned home in March 1919 and Blaine was Honorably Discharged on April 3, 1919 in the rank of 1st Lieutenant.
In the 1900 census of Eldorado City, IL Blaine is shown as 12 years old, living with his parents Jefferson age 38 and Paralee 35 with their other children: Lewis 18, Nomi 11, and Toussaint 9.
When Blaine died on May 14, 1941 in Proviso Twp. Cook County, IL his death certificate stated he was born March 20, 1888 in Jackson, TN, the son of Jackson Blaine and Paralee Freeman and husband of Anna Alston. He was an attorney by profession and he was buried at Mt Glenwood Cemetery on May 17, 1941.
On June 28, 1941 Mrs Anna Alston of 5713 Calumet Ave, Chicago applied for a government headstone for his grave and on Oct 3, 1941 one was shipped to Mt Glenwood Cemetery, Glenwood, IL to mark his grave as a veteran.
He joined the 8th Illinois National Guard on Aug 10, 1917. The regiment was federalized and renamed the 370th U.S. Infantry. He went to Camp Grant, IL for training and in Feb 1918 they sailed for France, the only regiment in the American Army to go to France with all African American Officers. They served in the front line trenches under the French Army using French weapons and equipment. The regiment won 21 U.S. Distinquished Service Crosses and 71 French Croix de Guerre medals for gallantry in action. They returned home in March 1919 and Blaine was Honorably Discharged on April 3, 1919 in the rank of 1st Lieutenant.
In the 1900 census of Eldorado City, IL Blaine is shown as 12 years old, living with his parents Jefferson age 38 and Paralee 35 with their other children: Lewis 18, Nomi 11, and Toussaint 9.
When Blaine died on May 14, 1941 in Proviso Twp. Cook County, IL his death certificate stated he was born March 20, 1888 in Jackson, TN, the son of Jackson Blaine and Paralee Freeman and husband of Anna Alston. He was an attorney by profession and he was buried at Mt Glenwood Cemetery on May 17, 1941.
On June 28, 1941 Mrs Anna Alston of 5713 Calumet Ave, Chicago applied for a government headstone for his grave and on Oct 3, 1941 one was shipped to Mt Glenwood Cemetery, Glenwood, IL to mark his grave as a veteran.
Blaine Alston served as 1st Lieutenant in the 370th U.S. Infantry in World War One.
He joined the 8th Illinois National Guard on Aug 10, 1917. The regiment was federalized and renamed the 370th U.S. Infantry. He went to Camp Grant, IL for training and in Feb 1918 they sailed for France, the only regiment in the American Army to go to France with all African American Officers. They served in the front line trenches under the French Army using French weapons and equipment. The regiment won 21 U.S. Distinquished Service Crosses and 71 French Croix de Guerre medals for gallantry in action. They returned home in March 1919 and Blaine was Honorably Discharged on April 3, 1919 in the rank of 1st Lieutenant.
In the 1900 census of Eldorado City, IL Blaine is shown as 12 years old, living with his parents Jefferson age 38 and Paralee 35 with their other children: Lewis 18, Nomi 11, and Toussaint 9.
When Blaine died on May 14, 1941 in Proviso Twp. Cook County, IL his death certificate stated he was born March 20, 1888 in Jackson, TN, the son of Jackson Blaine and Paralee Freeman and husband of Anna Alston. He was an attorney by profession and he was buried at Mt Glenwood Cemetery on May 17, 1941.
On June 28, 1941 Mrs Anna Alston of 5713 Calumet Ave, Chicago applied for a government headstone for his grave and on Oct 3, 1941 one was shipped to Mt Glenwood Cemetery, Glenwood, IL to mark his grave as a veteran.
He joined the 8th Illinois National Guard on Aug 10, 1917. The regiment was federalized and renamed the 370th U.S. Infantry. He went to Camp Grant, IL for training and in Feb 1918 they sailed for France, the only regiment in the American Army to go to France with all African American Officers. They served in the front line trenches under the French Army using French weapons and equipment. The regiment won 21 U.S. Distinquished Service Crosses and 71 French Croix de Guerre medals for gallantry in action. They returned home in March 1919 and Blaine was Honorably Discharged on April 3, 1919 in the rank of 1st Lieutenant.
In the 1900 census of Eldorado City, IL Blaine is shown as 12 years old, living with his parents Jefferson age 38 and Paralee 35 with their other children: Lewis 18, Nomi 11, and Toussaint 9.
When Blaine died on May 14, 1941 in Proviso Twp. Cook County, IL his death certificate stated he was born March 20, 1888 in Jackson, TN, the son of Jackson Blaine and Paralee Freeman and husband of Anna Alston. He was an attorney by profession and he was buried at Mt Glenwood Cemetery on May 17, 1941.
On June 28, 1941 Mrs Anna Alston of 5713 Calumet Ave, Chicago applied for a government headstone for his grave and on Oct 3, 1941 one was shipped to Mt Glenwood Cemetery, Glenwood, IL to mark his grave as a veteran.
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