Blackwood Joseph Riddick

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Joseph Riddick Blackwood is honored on the following 1 monument(s) in our database:

1st Infantry Division Stele - Cheb

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:

Row:

Grave:

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.