- SURNAME
Flake
- FORENAME
William Lindsey
- UNIT
4th Raider Battalion (Company Q)
- RANK
Captain
- NUMBER
0-8337
- AWARD
Silver Star
- PLACE
Vanguna, Solomon Islands, 1st July 1943
- ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
born 20.01.1920, Snowflake, Arizona, USA
father John Taylor Flake (1882-1973)
mother Carrie (nee Lindsey) Flake (1887-1938)
01.07.1941 entered service
1942 married Mary Millikan Flake (1920-2008) 1 son, 2 daughters
01.07.1943 WIA
graduated University of Arizona
graduated George Washington University
26 years Marine Corps.
served Korea
01.07.1967 discharged Brigadier General
died 22.10.2003, Albuquerque (Aged 83)
Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia, USA
CITATION:
Silver Star : The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress July 9, 1918, takes pleasure in presenting the Silver Star (Army Award to Major [then Captain] William L. Flake (MCSN: 0-8337), United States Marine Corps, for gallantry in action while serving with the Fourth Marine Raider Battalion at Vangunu, Solomon Islands, wherein he personally located three hostile machine-gun emplacements and aggressively led his men forward under fire to destroy them at the cost of a serious wound to himself on 1 July 1943.
WEB LINKS:
https://valor.militarytimes.com/hero/36349https://marineraiderassociation.org/flake-william-l/
FINDAGRAVE:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/8771797/william-lindsey-flake
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