BLANCHET, Pvt. Joseph Jon

BLANCHET, BALABAN

Posted By: Sharon R Becker (email)
Date: 3/14/2013 at 05:58:36

The Globe Gazette
Mason City, Cerro Gordo County, Iowa
Saturday, June 28, 1941, Page 18

Name Draftees For July 8 Call In Cerro Gordo

15 Men to Comprise Largest Quota in Local Board History

Officials of draft board No. 1 Saturday announced the names of 15 draftees and one transfer who will leave here July 8 for Fort Des Moines and induction into the United States army.

The quota filling the largest call ever received here, is an answer to call No. 17. The situation is rather unusual in that draft board No. 2 received a request for no men in the same call. The situation arose through a clerical error at Des Moines which sent the entire number of men needed into draft board No. 1’s call instead of splitting it between the two boards.

The men have been ordered to report at 12:15 p. m. on July 8 at the Jefferson bus station in Mason City.

[Included} Joseph Jon Blanchet, 351, Ventura . . .

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The Globe Gazette
Mason City, Cerro Gordo County, Iowa
Thursday, July 23, 1942, Page 8

Irene Balaban To Be Married

Mr. and Mrs. V. P. Balaban of Ventura announce the engagement of their daughter, Irene, to Pvt. Joseph J. Blanchet, son of Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Blanchet of Ventura.

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The Globe Gazette
Mason City, Cerro Gordo County, Iowa
Wednesday, March 22, 1944, Page 8

War Department Lists Ventura Man Injured

Washington, (AP) – Among names of 13 Iowans wounded in action in the Mediterranean area announced by the war department Wednesday was Pvt. Joseph J. Blanchet of Ventura.

NOTE: Pvt. Blanchet died in Italy on May 23, 1944.

Transcriptions and note by Sharon R. Becker, March of 2013