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Personal info

Full name
BLAKE, Howard Arnold
Date of birth
8 June 1919
Age
25
Place of birth
Cameron, Marshall County, West Virginia
Hometown
Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33145019
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
22nd Infantry Regiment,
4th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
23 November 1944
Place of death
unknown

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
Plot Row Grave
C 3 19

Immediate family

Members
Clarence A. Blake (father)
Ethel N. Blake (mother)
Glen A. Blake (brother)
Calvin Blake (brother)
Ruth Blake (sister)
Virginia Blake (sister)
Anna Blake (sister)
Beulah Blake (sister)

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, 1930 US Census, Pennsylvania, U.S., Veteran Compensation Application

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, The Gazette and Daily -15 December 1944