Blakeman was born 9 June 1923 at Troy, Ohio. He was with C Battery, 1st Battalion, 10th Marines. He served with the 2nd Division on Tarawa, Saipan, Tinian, Okinawa, and the occupation of Japan in Nagasaki.
Source: Thomas E. Barden, University of Toledo; National Regisrty of Service, Veterans History Project, Library of Congress.
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