ROBERT L. BLACKWELL MEDAL OF HONOR WAR MEMORIAL MARKER
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Listing Details
Year Dedicated: 1968
Access: Public
Wars Commemorated: WORLD WAR I
Photograph By: DEVRY BECKER JONES
Submitted By: COURTESY OF HMdb.org
When his platoon was almost surrounded by the enemy and his platoon commander asked for volunteers to carry a message calling for reinforcements, Pvt. Blackwell volunteered for this mission, well knowing the extreme danger connected with it. In attempting to get through the heavy shell and machinegun fire this gallant soldier was killed.
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