Records for Walter E Blair (32207611) - 83rd Infantry Division Documents

Name	Blair, Walter E
Rank	Staff Sergeant
Army Serial #	32207611
State	New Jersey
Date of death	1944-12-09
Plot, Row, Grave	Tablets of the missing
Cemetery	Netherlands American Cemetery, Margraten, Netherlands , Google Maps
Role	MOS 653 Squad Leader
Unit	C Company, 330th Infantry Regiment, 83rd Infantry Division
Awards

Additional information
Staff Sergeant Blair was a member of C Company. The morning report for July 26, 1944 on page 46 lists him joining the unit from the 48th Replacement Battalion on July 24, 1944. The morning report for December 13, 1944 on page 30 lists his status changed to Missing in Action as of December 9, 1944. The pages can be seen below. Jolanda Hogeboom received and shared the following paper article featuring Walter Blair and his brother. She also received a Christmas card sent by Walter.

Morning reports
1944-07-26	CPL	Assigned and joined from 48th Replacement Battalion as of July 24, 1944		C / 330	view page
1944-09-01	CPL	Promoted to Staff Sergeant as of August 25, 1944		C / 330	view page
1944-12-13	SSGT	Missing in action as of December 9, 1944	653	C / 330	view page
1945-01-21	SSGT	Killed in action on December 9, 1944		C / 330	view page

General Orders
GO #	Rank	Award	Page
330 / 1944 / #8	CPL	Combat Infantry Badge awarded for exemplary conduct in action against the enemy.	view page