Decatur County

 

Sgt. George R. Blake

 

 

George R. Blake was born about 1913 to William Thomas and Mary Jane Burrell Blake. He died Aug. 28, 1944 and is buried in Normandy American Cemetery, Colleville-sur-Mer, France.

Sgt. Blake served in World War II with the U.S. Army 315th Infantry Regiment, 79th Infantry Division and was KIA and awarded the Purple Heart.

Source: ancestry.com