Raymond C. Blanton | American Battle Monuments Commission

World War II

Service #	33644965
Unit	60th Infantry Regiment, 9th Infantry Division
Rank	Staff Sergeant U.S. Army
Entered Service From	Virginia
Date of Death	October 15 1945
Status	Recovered
Memorialized	Tablets of the Missing Netherlands American Cemetery Netherlands American Cemetery AM Begraafplaats 1 6269 NA Margraten Netherlands

60th Infantry Regiment, 9th Infantry Division

Bronze Star

Purple Heart

Bronze Star, Purple Heart

Notes

Initially listed as missing in action, Staff Sergeant Blanton's remains have been recovered and identified. His name is permanently inscribed on the Tablets of the Missing at the Netherlands American Cemetery.

When an individual’s remains have been accounted for by the U.S. Department of Defense, a rosette is placed next to the name on the Wall/Tablet/Court of the Missing to mark that the person now rests in a known gravesite.