Missing information?

Do you have any additional information you would like to share about a soldier?

Submit

Personal info

Full name
LAKE, Forrest Alva
Date of birth
7 April 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Eureka, Lawrence County, Indiana
Hometown
Bedford, Lawrence County, Indiana

Military service

Service number
35700265
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
313th Infantry Regiment,
79th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
24 October 1944
Place of death
Near Remoncourt, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
E 44 24

Immediate family

Members
James H. Lake (father)
Alice S. (Canada) Lake (mother)
Cecil R. Lake (brother)
Oren C. Lake (brother)
Helen M. Lake (sister)
Virginia Lake (sister)
James L. Lake (brother)
Bernice Lake (sister)
Elizabeth J. Lake (sister)
Patti Lake (sister)

More information

Pfc Forrest A. Lake worked on a farm before he enlisted at Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana on 24 March 1943.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Johnson Family Tree / 1930 Census, Combat History 79th Infantry Division, www.findagrave.com - Oda Pearl
Photo source: -