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Personal info

Full name
RIDDLE, Samuel Newton
Date of birth
29 March 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
Gilmer County, West Virginia
Hometown
Gilmer County, West Virginia

Military service

Service number
35846832
Rank
Private First Class
Function
Driver
Unit
E Company,
2nd Battalion,
36th Armored Infantry Regiment,
3rd Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
26 August 1944
Place of death
France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 7 22

Immediate family

Members
George B. Riddle (father)
Ada M. (Edman) Riddle (mother)
Eleanor C. Riddle (sister)
Georgia Riddle (sister)
James E. Riddle (brother)
Pauline (Stout) Riddle (wife)

More information

Pfc Samuel N. Riddle attended Glenville State College and was employed as a driver before he enlisted in Clarksburg, West Virginia on 27 November 1943 and was sent overseas in May, 1944.

Pfc Riddle was first buried at Temporary American Military Cemetery of Solers, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.findagrave.com, www.wwiimemorial.com – Veterans Outreach, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930 Census / West Virginia, Births Index

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy, Dwight Anderson, The Glenville Mercury - 29 May 1945