Name:
Joseph Riddick Blackwood
Rank:
Private
Serial Number:
44035068
Unit:
16th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division
Date of Death:
1945-03-27
State:
Georgia
Cemetery:
Netherlands American Cemetery, Margraten, NLD
Plot:
A
Row:
3
Grave:
5
Decoration:
Purple Heart
Comments:
When Joseph Riddick Blackwood was born on March 21, 1921, in Orange County, North Carolina, his father, Robert, was 37 and his mother, Sarah, was 26. He had one daughter with Margaret Helen Blassingill on May 14, 1944. He served in the U.S. Army during World War II as a Private in the 16th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division. He died on March 27, 1945 and is now buried in Netherlands American Cemetery and Memorial, Margraten, Eijsden-Margraten Municipality, Limburg, Netherlands. He also has a marker in Antioch Baptist Church Cemetery, White Cross, Orange County, North Carolina, USA.