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Pvt Burney “Pake” Blankenship

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Pvt Burney “Pake” Blankenship

Birth
Oklahoma, USA
Death
29 Jul 1918 (aged 27)
France
Burial
Pauls Valley, Garvin County, Oklahoma, USA GPS-Latitude: 34.7136306, Longitude: -97.2121972
Plot
1 - 17 - 31 - 1
Memorial ID
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Pvt. Burney (Pake) Blankenship was the youngest son of Samuel Newton Blankenship and Hortense Crenshaw
Blankenship of the Klondike Community. He was born on July 9, 1890 and died in France on July 29, 1918. This was
during the Aisne-Marne offensive in which Allies seized the initiative, leading to an Armistice the following
November.

Burney was married to Essie Colsen and they had one son, Herschel. In addition to his parents, wife, and son, he
was survived by his twin sister, Bernice Blankenship Driskill Find A Grave Memorial# 78414934, his older brothers: Frank (Dock), Guy, Charles (Bud),
and Bailey; and an older sister, Price Blankenship Russell

Thursday, Thursday, October 24, 1918

Pauls Valley by PINK WADE
MRS. BURNEY BLANKENSHIP, whose husband was killed in France two or three months ago, has received word that her brother JESSE COLSON has been killed in action. The latter lived near Walker and was a prosperous young farmer when the first draft was called.
Pvt. Burney (Pake) Blankenship was the youngest son of Samuel Newton Blankenship and Hortense Crenshaw
Blankenship of the Klondike Community. He was born on July 9, 1890 and died in France on July 29, 1918. This was
during the Aisne-Marne offensive in which Allies seized the initiative, leading to an Armistice the following
November.

Burney was married to Essie Colsen and they had one son, Herschel. In addition to his parents, wife, and son, he
was survived by his twin sister, Bernice Blankenship Driskill Find A Grave Memorial# 78414934, his older brothers: Frank (Dock), Guy, Charles (Bud),
and Bailey; and an older sister, Price Blankenship Russell

Thursday, Thursday, October 24, 1918

Pauls Valley by PINK WADE
MRS. BURNEY BLANKENSHIP, whose husband was killed in France two or three months ago, has received word that her brother JESSE COLSON has been killed in action. The latter lived near Walker and was a prosperous young farmer when the first draft was called.


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