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Personal info

Full name
SAM, Freeman
Date of birth
8 September 1916
Age
28
Place of birth
Bennington, Bryan County, Oklahoma
Hometown
Murray County, Oklahoma

Military service

Service number
18128479
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
101st Infantry Regiment,
26th Infantry Division
Awards
Silver Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
3 January 1945
Place of death
Bastogne, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
Plot Row Grave
C 22 19

Immediate family

Members
Amars Sam (father)
Mary Sam (mother)
Erma Sam (sister)
Elsie Sam (sister)
Claudia J. (Rankin) Sam (wife)
Sharon L. Sam (daughter)

More information

S/Sgt Freeman Sam was first buried at Temporary American Military Cemetery Foy, Belgium Block F, Row 4, Grave 97.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil / 1920 Census / Robert Barret Family Tree

Photo source: Peter Schouteten