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Thursday, October 11, 2018

Pvt. Robert Blackwell of Hurdle Mills Dies Oct. 11, 1918, Awarded Medal of Honor in 1919


Robert L. Blackwell, Private, Co. K, 119th Infantry, 30th Division, U.S. Army, near St. Souplet, France, on Oct. 11, 1918. 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, knowing the extreme danger connected with it. In attempting to get through the heavy shell and machine gun fire, this gallant soldier was killed. He entered service at Hurdle Mills, N.C. He was presented the Medal of Honor posthumously in 1919.



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