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PAKE, Harry Bertram - Date of
birth
13 May 1924 -
Age
20 - Place of
birth
Mobile, Mobile County, Alabama -
Hometown
Monterey, Mobile County, Alabama
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
34812987 -
Rank
Private -
Function
Gunner -
Unit
B Company,
40th Tank Battalion,
7th Armored Division
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Awards
Purple Heart
Death
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Status
Killed in Action - Date of
death
9 September 1944 - Place of
death
South of Talange, in the vicinity of Maizières, France
Grave
-
Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine - Tablets of the Missing
Immediate family
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Members
Bertram H. Pake (father)
Jeanne (Weil) Pake (mother)
Betty J. Pake (sister)
Anne W. Pake (sister)
More information
Pvt Harry B. Pake graduated from Culver Military Academy.He enlisted at Fort McClellan, Alabama on 27 July 1943.
Source of information: André Koch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930/1940 Census / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, https://www.7tharmddiv.org
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Dave Hansen, Culver Military Academy Indiana, yearbook 1940/1942