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Personal info

Full name
KENDRICK, Samuel Smith
Date of birth
12 April 1907
Age
37
Place of birth
Briggs, Burnet County, Texas
Hometown
Teller, Nome Census Area, Alaska

Military service

Service number
37358641
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
114th Infantry Regiment,
44th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
8 December 1944
Place of death
Near Sarrebourg, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
D 11 36

Immediate family

Members
Thomas F. Kendrick (father)
Esterlee M. (Patterson) Kendrick (mother)
Burrell Kendrick (brother)
Lucile Kendrick (sister)
Joyce F. (Harris) Kendrick (wife)
Patricia Kendrick (daughter)

More information

Pvt Samuel S. Kendrick attended college for four years and was employed at the U.S. Interior Department Office of Indian Affairs Reindeer Service before he enlisted at Fort Francis E Warren Cheyenne, Wyoming on 15 December 1943.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments in his thigh and face.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Hochfelden, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com - Patricia Kendrick Applegate, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, www.findagrave.com - Russ Pickett
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