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Personal info

Full name
SAMS, Troy
Date of birth
1922
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Georgia
Hometown
College Park, Fulton County, Georgia

Military service

Service number
14060125
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
18th Infantry Regiment,
1st Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
19 November 1944
Place of death
South of Heistern, Hürtgen Forest, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
C 14 44

Immediate family

Members
Luther F. Sams (father)
Lenord F. Sams (brother)
J. H. Sams (sister)
I. C. Sams (sister)

More information

Sgt Troy Sams attended Marion Smith High School and worked in a textile factory.

He enlisted at Fort MacPherson, Georgia on 18 August 1941.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, The Atlanta Journal - 12 February 1945