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Personal info

Full name
LONGBOTTOM, Samuel Alexander
Date of birth
5 October 1914
Age
30
Place of birth
Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
Hometown
Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts

Military service

Service number
O2009763
Rank
Second Lieutenant
Function
Company Commander
Unit
101st Infantry Regiment,
26th Infantry Division
Awards
Silver Star with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
14 March 1945
Place of death
Serrig, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
I 1 17

Immediate family

Members
Samuel Longbottom (father)
Jennie E. Longbottom (mother)
Arthur P. Longbottom (brother)
George G. Longbottom (brother)

More information

2nd Lt Samuel A. Longbottom attended high school for four years and was a gardener and ground keeper before he enlisted in Boston, Massachusetts on 8 March 1941.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / 1930 Census, www.fold3.com - 26th Infantry Division, www.newspapers.com - The Boston Globe 28 November 1945
Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.newspapers.com - The Boston Globe 28 November 1945