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Personal info

Full name
DOMINICK, Samuel V
Date of birth
29 August 1921
Age
23
Place of birth
Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio
Hometown
Hamilton County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
15090181
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
26th Infantry Regiment,
1st Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
6 May 1945
Place of death
Karlsbad, Czech Republic

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
G 20 12

Immediate family

Members
Samuel Dominick (father)
Mary Dominick (mother)
James M. Dominick (brother)
Anthony Dominick (brother)
Joseph Dominick (brother)
Mary Dominick (sister)
Josephine Dominick (sister)

More information

Sgt Samuel V. Dominick attended high school for two years before he volunteered for the Army of the United States at Fort Thomas Newport, Kentucky on 12 February 1942.

He was originally assigned to the 1023rd National Guard Squadron at Napier Field and later transferred to the infantry.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Raf Dyckmans, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - WWII Enlistment Record / 1940 Census / Ohio Birth Index, www.history.army.mil/html/bookshelves/resmat/ww2list.html, www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Napier Field Identification Pass