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Personal info

Full name
PILE, Samuel Ova
Date of birth
28 June 1910
Age
34
Place of birth
Custer, Breckinridge County, Kentucky
Hometown
Breckinridge County, Kentucky

Military service

Service number
15102002
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
B Company,
1st Battalion,
13th Infantry Regiment,
8th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
30 March 1945
Place of death
Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
I 2 10

Immediate family

Members
Isaac R. Pile (father)
Susan C. (McGhee) Pile (mother)
Eva A. Pile (sister)
Everett J. Pile (brother)
Charles H. Pile (brother)
Walter B. Pile (brother)
Floyd E. Pile (brother)
Clinton E. Pile (brother)
Bettye J. Pile (sister)

More information

Samuel O. Pile attended high school for two years and was a saleman.

He volunteered for the Army of the United States at Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana on 9 May 1942.
He was killed by German machine gun fire.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com – Bettye J. Johnson,
www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com – Przykucki Lines / 1920 Census

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Des Philippet, www.wwiimemorial.com - Bettye J. Johnson