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Personal info

Full name
BLAKE, Orville Leonard
Date of birth
1908
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Kentucky
Hometown
Pellville, Hancock County, Kentucky

Military service

Service number
35249817
Rank
Private
Function
Rifleman
Unit
B Company,
1st Battalion,
319th Infantry Regiment,
80th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
16 November 1944
Place of death
Hôpital Villemin, Quai de la Bataille
Nancy, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 21 20

Immediate family

Members
Robert K. Blake (father)
Gracie A. (Carter) Blake (mother)
Clarence Blake (brother)
Edward L. Blake (brother)
Nellie Blake (sister)
Bernard K. Blake (brother)
Agnes K. Blake (sister)
Bessie R. Blake (sister)
Carmen Blake (sister)
Mabel C. Blake (sister)
Maurine Blake (sister)
Fred Q. Blake (brother)
Willie M. (Husk) Blake (wife)
Willie M. Blake (daughter)
Orville L. Blake (son)
Frank Blake (son)
Gladys Blake (daughter)

More information

Pvt Orville L. Blake was a woodworker before he enlisted at Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana on 28 March 1944.
He was reported lightly wounded in action on 15 November 1944 when the 1st Battalion was holding positions South of Arbaincourt and Brulange. He was evacuated to the 35th Evacuation Hospital, located at that time in the Hôpital Villemin in Nancy, France were he died of his wounds caused by artillery shell fragments in his femur and shoulder.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com – 1930/1940 Census / U.S. Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. Draft Cards Young Men / US WWII Hospital Admission Cards, www.80thDivision.com
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