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Personal info

Full name
PLATE, Samuel
Date of birth
23 December 1913
Age
31
Place of birth
Carnegie, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Washington County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
6889541
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
301st Infantry Regiment,
94th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Finding of Death
Date of death
21 January 1945
Place of death
Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
Plot Row Grave
B 13 11

Immediate family

Members
Francesco Paletta (father)
Chiara (Greco) Paletta (mother)
Anthony Plate (brother)
Joseph Plate (brother)
Jeanette Plate (sister)
Mary E. (Druschel) Plate (wife)
Samuel R. Plate (son)
Marlyn K. Plate (daughter)

More information

Pfc Samuel Plate enlisted in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania on 15 November 1942.
He was first buried at Block R, Row 4, Grave 80.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil / Pennsylvania Veteran Compensation Application Files WWII / Plate Family Tree,

Photo source: Jac Engels