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Personal info

Full name
LAKE, Herbert
Date of birth
23 September 1920
Age
24
Place of birth
New Jersey
Hometown
Hopewell, Mercer County, New Jersey

Military service

Service number
32361930
Rank
Corporal
Function
unknown
Unit
L Company,
3rd Battalion,
310th Infantry Regiment,
78th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
6 April 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Weissen, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
L 10 20

Immediate family

Members
William A. Lake (father)
Della Lake (mother)
Edna M. Lake (sister)
Louella Lake (sister)
Helen Lake (sister)
William Lake (brother)
Bloomsfield Lake (brother)
Charles A. Lake (brother)
Alton S. Lake (brother)
Walter S. Lake (brother)
Russell B. Lake (brother)
John C. Lake (brother)

More information

Cpl Herbert Lake operated a gas station in his hometown before he enlisted in Camden, New Jersey on 5 September 1942.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Breuna, Germany

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, John M. Lake Sr. (nephew), www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - The Hopewell Herald 2 May 1945 - 6 June 1945 / The story of Hopewell, New Jersey, and its servicemen during World War II / 1920 Census, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, John M. Lake Sr.