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Personal info

Full name
MITCHELL, Sam Houston Sr
Date of birth
5 December 1918
Age
26
Place of birth
Lauderdale County, Alabama
Hometown
Florence, Lauderdale County, Alabama

Military service

Service number
34836681
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
61st Armored Infantry Battalion,
10th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
23 March 1945
Place of death
Landau in der Pfalz, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
B 11 59

Immediate family

Members
Alex A. Mitchell (father)
Emma Mitchell (mother)
Lilla Mitchell (sister)
Annie Mitchell (sister)
Ben Mitchell (brother)
Eunice Mitchell (sister)
Allen Mitchell (brother)
Nevie Mitchell (sister)
Tom Mitchell (brother)
Pauline Mitchell (sister)
Myrtle M. Mitchell (wife)
Sam H. Mitchell Jr. (son)
Kenneth Mitchell (son)

More information

Pvt Sam H. Mitchell attended Coffee High School and was employed at the Martin Stove and Range Company in Florence before he enlisted at Fort McPherson, Georgia on 21 June 1944. He was sent overseas in November 1944.

He was killed by a gunshot to the chest.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov– WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1920 Census / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, www.10tharmored.com, www.findagrave.com - Wanda Quinn Bradford

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Luxembourg American Cemetery