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Personal info

Full name
BLAKE, James Thomas
Date of birth
26 February 1922
Age
23
Place of birth
Butler County, Kansas
Hometown
Augusta, Butler County, Kansas

Military service

Service number
20725969
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
A Company,
1st Battalion,
320th Infantry Regiment,
35th Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star with Oak Leaf Cluster,
Purple Heart with two Oak Leaf Clusters

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
4 April 1945
Place of death
Rhein Herne Canal near Gelsenkirchen, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Tablets of the Missing

Immediate family

Members
Charles E. Blake (father)
Merle A. (Miller) Blake (mother)
Irwin Blake (brother)
Mildred A. Blake (sister)
Marie M. Blake (sister)
Edna M. Blake (sister)

More information

Sgt James T. Blake attended high school for two years and worked in the production of petroleum before he joined the National Guard in Wichita, Kansas on 23 December 1940.

He is remembered at the Elmwood Cemetery in Augusta, Butler County, Kansas.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Carver Prather Family Tree, After Action Report 35th Infantry Division, www.findagrave.com - Judy Mayfield / R & S
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Frogman / Judy Mayfield