Maceo BLOUNT

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 CEMETERY TEMPORARY of  Paestum Cemetery, Mount Soprano, ITALY N°5265

Story of Cemetery Temporary  

Map of Normandy American Cemetery

Recensement fédéral des États-Unis de 1940

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PFC Maceo Blount died in the service of his country in the Mediterranean theater of operations on September 2, 1943, he was 21 years old…

Born in Duplin County, North Carolina to Ernest and Rossie Blount on February 12, 1922, Maceo Blount had at least sixteen siblings.

He enlisted in the Army on October 31, 1942 and served in the 46th Quartermaster Truck Regiment.

Maceo lost his life on September 2, 1943, the details of his loss are not clear.

His unit is recorded as being in North Africa at the time, but due to the cemetery he is buried in more than likely lost his life in Sicily.

PFC Maceo Blount is buried at the Sicily-Rome American Cemetery and Memorial in Nettuno, Italy - Plot H Row 15 Grave 55. 

Headstone and Interment Records for U.S., Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil, 1942-1949

Private First Class, 46th Quartermaster Truck Regiment 

World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946: Enlisted: Oct. 31, 1942

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