Was killed in a battle in Phillipines.
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Macon Telegraph - 9/29/1904 - Page 6.
LIEUT. FLAKE'S REMAINS
DEKALB COUNTY BOY WAS KILLED IN THE PHILLIPPINE ISLANDS
Atlanta, September 23 - the remains of Lieut. Campbell W. Flake of the Twenty-second United States infantry reached Atlanta today from San Francisco. The funeral services will be held Sunday next at Trinity Methodist Church. The boy will be buried with military honors. The Sixteenth infantry, cammanded by Col. Price, and the regimental bank of the post will escort the remains to Oakland Cemetery, where the interment will take place.
Lieut. Flake was a DeKalb county boy who enlisted in the army at the beginning of the Spanish-American way, and by his good work was soon promoted to a lieuenatcy. He was killed a few months ago in the Phillipines while bravely fighting at the head of his company.
Was killed in a battle in Phillipines.
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Macon Telegraph - 9/29/1904 - Page 6.
LIEUT. FLAKE'S REMAINS
DEKALB COUNTY BOY WAS KILLED IN THE PHILLIPPINE ISLANDS
Atlanta, September 23 - the remains of Lieut. Campbell W. Flake of the Twenty-second United States infantry reached Atlanta today from San Francisco. The funeral services will be held Sunday next at Trinity Methodist Church. The boy will be buried with military honors. The Sixteenth infantry, cammanded by Col. Price, and the regimental bank of the post will escort the remains to Oakland Cemetery, where the interment will take place.
Lieut. Flake was a DeKalb county boy who enlisted in the army at the beginning of the Spanish-American way, and by his good work was soon promoted to a lieuenatcy. He was killed a few months ago in the Phillipines while bravely fighting at the head of his company.
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