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Personal info

Full name
SPENCE, Samuel Ray
Date of birth
6 August 1921
Age
23
Place of birth
Mount Jackson, Shenandoah County, Virginia
Hometown
Mount Jackson, Shenandoah County, Virginia

Military service

Service number
33882641
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
18th Infantry Regiment,
1st Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
15 January 1945
Place of death
Bütgenbach, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
E 8 2

Immediate family

Members
Charles R. Spence (father)
Katie J. (Ward) Spence (mother)
Peggy J. (Hite) Spence (wife)
David E. Spence (son)
Loretta J. Spence (daughter)
Jerry C. Spence (son)

More information

Pfc Samuel R. Spence was first buried at Temporary American Military Cemetery Henri-Chapelle, Block GGG, Row 7, Grave 133.

He is remembered at Mount Jackson Cemetery in Mount Jackson, Shenandoah County, Virginia.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Sheree Dowdle, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - various family trees / Headstone and Interment Record, www.newspapers.com - Daily Press 3 April 1945

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet / Shock