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Personal info

Full name
DRAKE, Henry Euphrates
Date of birth
28 October 1914
Age
30
Place of birth
Childress, Childress County, Texas
Hometown
Childress, Childress County, Texas

Military service

Service number
38105053
Rank
Technician Fourth Grade
Function
unknown
Unit
19th Armored Infantry Battalion,
14th Armored Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
19 January 1945
Place of death
Hatten, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Tablets of the Missing

Immediate family

Members
Thomas P. Drake (father)
Martha C. (Davis) Drake (mother)
Mary J. Drake (sister)
Charles P. Drake (brother)
Thomas F. Drake (brother)
Robert V. Drake (brother)
James W. Drake (brother)
Mildred E. Drake (sister)
Mattie C. Drake (sister)
Quinton S. Drake (brother)
Ruby M. (Mason) Drake (wife)

More information

T/4 Henry E. Drake enlisted in Lubbock, Texas on 7 May 1942.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.findagrave.com, www.ancestry.com – Tatro Chiulli Family Tree / Arkansas County Marriages Index / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, http://14thad.org

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Have Paws will travel, Fort Worth Star Telegram 31 August 1945