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Personal info

Full name
BLAKE, Kenneth Randall
Date of birth
18 June 1920
Age
24
Place of birth
Blandville, Doddridge County, West Virginia
Hometown
Richland Township, Clark County, West Virginia

Military service

Service number
35274669
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
101st Infantry Regiment,
26th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Finding of Death
Date of death
24 October 1944
Place of death
Bezange-la-Petite, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
D 38 33

Immediate family

Members
Alfred G. Blake (father)
Lura D. (Lipscomb) Blake (mother)
Earl Blake (brother)
Harold Blake (brother)
Susie Blake (sister)
Delphia L. Blake (sister)
Rosaline P. Blake (sister)
Waveline L. Blake (sister)
Lena J. (Freeman) Blake (wife)

More information

Pfc Kenneth Blake was a cook. He enlisted at Fort Hayes, Ohio on 6 February 1942.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Josiah Joseph Morrison Tree / 1940 Census, www.findagrave.com – MAJ Jimmy Cotton, www.fold3.com – 26th Infantry Division

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