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Personal info

Full name
YORK, Samuel Glenn
Date of birth
6 June 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
North Carolina
Hometown
Harmony, Iredell County, North Carolina

Military service

Service number
34773703
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
K Company,
3rd Battalion,
60th Infantry Regiment,
9th Infantry Division
Awards
Silver Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
12 October 1944
Place of death
Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
C 6 27

Immediate family

Members
David H. York (father)
Mary C. York (mother)
Paul York (brother)
David R. York (brother)
Sara R. York (sister)
Mary L. York (sister)

More information

S/Sgt Samuel G. York enlisted on 24 April 1943 at Camp Croft, South Carolina.

He was awarded the Silver Star Medal postumously. The citation stated: "Attempting to make contact with an adjacent supporting company, Sgt York's patrol encountered a large enemy force which had infiltrated behind the lines. Engaging the enemy in a fire fight, the numerically superior enemy forced Sgt York to withdraw his patrol. Notifying his unit of the situation, he led his company through a small neck of woods 20 yards to the enemy front, creeping upon the enemy with secrecy and made contact with the unit on the flank. A joint attack was executed which destroyed the enemy group. Then movind forward with his platoon, Sgt York assisted in the capture of several refileman defending a pillbox. Learning that the pillbox was still occupied, he assaulted the emplacement with hand grenades and a Browning Automatic Rifle and captured on German officer and five enlisted men."

Source of information: André Koch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1940 Census, US WWII Draft Cards, www.newspapers.com - Statesville Daily Record 21 February 1945

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet