Edward LeBlanc

1918 - 1946  (27 years)

• Name	Edward LeBlanc
  Nickname	Eddie
  Born	11 Nov 1918	Vermilion Parish, Louisiana, USA
  Gender	Male
  Died	10 Jul 1946	Port Isabel, Cameron County, Texas, USA
  Buried	Kaplan Cemetery - Kaplan, Louisiana, USA
  Person ID	I2655	Cody LeBlanc's Family Tree
  Last Modified	24 Apr 2025

  
  

  Father	Alphonse LeBlanc,   b. 2 Jan 1883, Vermilion Parish, Louisiana, USA ,   d. 28 Jan 1945, Kaplan, Vermilion Parish, Louisiana, USA  (Age 62 years)
  Mother	Noemie Hargrave,   b. 10 Mar 1889, Vermilion Parish, Louisiana, USA ,   d. 4 Feb 1955, Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, Louisiana, USA  (Age 65 years)
  Married	28 Jul 1902	Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, Louisiana, USA
  Family ID	F1016	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 11 Nov 1918 - Vermilion Parish, Louisiana, USA Died - 10 Jul 1946 - Port Isabel, Cameron County, Texas, USA Buried - - Kaplan Cemetery - Kaplan, Louisiana, USA  = Link to Google Earth
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  Edward "Eddie" LeBlanc

  
  

  Documents » Slide Show		U.S. World War II Draft Card - Edward "Eddie" LeBlanc Name: Edward LeBlanc Race: White Age: 22 Birth Date: 11 Nov 1917 Birth Place: Vermilion Parish, Louisiana, USA Registration Date: 16 Oct 1940 Registration Place: Abbeville, Vermilion, Louisiana, USA Employer: Archange Guidry Height: 5' 8" Weight: 149 lbs. Complexion: Light Hair Color: Brown Eye Color: Gray Next of Kin: Mr. Alphonse LeBlanc
  		Honored at Dinner - Edward "Eddie" LeBlanc Published in The Abbeville Meridional on November 24, 1945
  		Obituary of Edward "Eddie" LeBlanc Published in The Abbeville Meridional on July 20, 1946
  		U.S. Headstone Application for Military Veterans - Edward "Eddie" LeBlanc Name: Edward LeBlanc Service Number: 38 264 590 Unit: 17th Engineers Company: Co. C Enlistment Date: 25 Nov 1942 Discharge Date: 5 Nov 1945 Death Date: 10 Jul 1946 Cemetery: Catholic Cemetery Cemetery Location: Kaplan, Louisiana, USA

  
  

  Headstones

  Crypt of Edward "Eddie" LeBlanc Kaplan Cemetery - Kaplan, Louisiana, USA Plot: Section J, Row 4

  
  

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  Obituary: Heart Attack Fatal To Youth Who Served Overseas 30 Months Edward "Eddie" Leblanc 28, who recently returned from three years service in the U. S. Army including 30 months overseas, died of a heart attack while working on a dredge boat at Port Isobel, Texas. The funeral rites were held in the Holy Rosary Catholic church Saturday morning at 10 oclock and burial was in the Catholic cemetery in Kaplan. Surviving the young man are his mother, Mrs. Alphonse LeBlanc of Kaplan; seven brothers, Isaac, Semar, Aristile, Edwin, Nelton, Eusse and Alphonse, Jr.; five sisters, Olivia, Gladys, Anna, Wilda Mae and Hilda LeBlanc. Discharged on November 5 of last year, LeBlanc went to work with a dredging company in Texas. He suffered a heart attack while at work and died as he arrived at a hospital. Supt. Burt Cameron of the dredging company who wrote Mrs. LeBlanc in connection with the death of her son stated that LeBlanc was on of the best liked crew member aboard the dredge and all of the other dredging crews had been notified of LeBlanc's death. (Published in The Abbeville Meridional on July 20, 1946)