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Surnames: Blake, Stanfield
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Charles E. Blake
Private First Class
United States Army
596th Signal Air Warning Battalion
Service Number 35347936
South Bend – St. Joseph County – Indiana
DOD - September 3, 1944
Buried in the Manila American Cemetery – Philippines
Two from County Dead, Three Wounded
Private First Class Charles E. Blake, age 22, of 113 Dubail Avenue died in New Guinea as a
result of typhus fever September 3, 1944, his wife , Josephine, has been notified by a War
Department telegram. A member of the signal corps he had been overseas since March.
Private Blake was a graduate of riley high School and a former employee of the
Electro-Voice Manufacturing Company before entering the service in November 1943. Also
surviving are his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Edward Blake, 228 Sycamore Street, South Bend.
An obit for Charles Blake appeared in the So Bend Tribune on 11 Sep 1944. It states that
he died of typhus fever in New Guinea on Sep 3. Survivors included his wife, Josephine,
and his parents Edward and Effie Blake. He was a member of the Signal Corps and had been
overseas since March. He was a graduate of Riley High School and was employed by
Electro-Voice Mfg Co. prior to entering the service in Nov of 1943. His wife died in March
of 1988. She married Charles Apr 23, 1943. Her maiden name was Standfield. Her survivors
included two sisters and a brother. The attachment includes pictures of Charles Blake and
Paul Bailey.