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Personal info

Full name
PAKE, Harry Bertram
Date of birth
13 May 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Mobile, Mobile County, Alabama
Hometown
Monterey, Mobile County, Alabama

Military service

Service number
34812987
Rank
Private
Function
Gunner
Unit
B Company,
40th Tank Battalion,
7th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

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

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