Blank, Sylvester Henry 'Joker'

1894 - 1965  (71 years)

• Name	Blank, Sylvester Henry 'Joker'
  Birth	16 Feb 1894	Richland County, Illinois
  Gender	Male
  Reference Number	BLAN.S004
  _FGRAVE	38752592
  Military Service	World War I, Private, United States Army  [1]
  		United States of America Flag, 48 Stars (1912-1959) In 1912, two stars were added to the United States flag, representing Arizona and New Mexico, bringing the total number of stars to 48. They were arranged in six rows of eight stars each. American fighting men would fight under this flag during four wars: World War I, World War II, the Korean War, and the beginning of the Vietnam War. (In 1959,…
  		United States Army
  		World War I (1914 - 1918)
  Death	19 Oct 1965	Olney, Richland County, Illinois
  Burial	Saint Josephs Cemetery, Olney, Richland County, Illinois
  Person ID	I55033	Carl Wayne Gray Research
  Last Modified	27 Apr 2024

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 16 Feb 1894 - Richland County, Illinois Death - 19 Oct 1965 - Olney, Richland County, Illinois Burial - - Saint Josephs Cemetery, Olney, Richland County, Illinois  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S15920] Kaleb Beavers, List of Richland County World War I Veterans, Compiled by Kaleb Beavers, (24 Oct 2018) (Reliability: 2).