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Personal info

Full name
LEPHEW, Samuel Jackson
Date of birth
10 January 1926
Age
19
Place of birth
Hebbertsburg, Cumberland County, Tennessee
Hometown
Cumberland County, Tennessee

Military service

Service number
34923792
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
354th Infantry Regiment,
89th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
26 March 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Sankt Goar, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
B 29 6

Immediate family

Members
Cicero Lephew (father)
Lillie Mae (Carver) Lephew (mother)
Clarence C. Lephew (brother)
Mary J. Lephew (sister)
Stella L. Lephew (sister)
Elizabeth Lephew (wife)

More information

Pvt Samuel J. Lephew enlisted at Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia on 4 February 1944.

Source of information: André Koch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947, http://www.89infdivww2.org

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