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Personal info

Full name
WALLACE, Charles Blake
Date of birth
1915
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Monroe County, New York
Hometown
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
O-1014403
Rank
First Lieutenant
Function
unknown
Unit
B Company,
47th Tank Battalion,
14th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
24 March 1945
Place of death
Near Germersheim, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
G 8 15

Immediate family

Members
Robert B. Wallace (father)
Ida M. (Armstrong) Wallace (mother)
Mareice R. Wallace (sister)
Ada B. Wallace (sister)
Robert B. Wallace (brother)
Leah J. Wallace (sister)
Joy P. Wallace (sister)
Mertice E. Wallace (sister)
Alvin A. Wallace (brother)
Eileen R. Wallace (sister)
Judith Wallace (wife)
Charles S. Wallace (son)

More information

1st Lt Charles B. Wallace attended high school for four years and was a salesman before he enlisted at Fort George G. Meade, Maryland on 21 February 1942.
Lt Wallace was killed when his tank was knocked out.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Gillis Lauderbaugh Tree / 1940 Census, www.findagrave.com – Russ Pickett, http://14thad.org
Photo source: www.newspapers.com – Democrat and Chronicle New York 6 April 1945