Robert L. Blackwell
Inscription
Posthumous winner of
Congressional Medal of
Honor. Died in battle at St.
Souflet, France, Oct. 1918.
Born and reared about 250
yards north.
Location
AddressNC 49 at SR 1166 (Whitfield Road) southwest of Roxboro
CountyPerson
StateNorth Carolina
Coordinates36.308900, -79.084730
Sources
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