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Personal info

Full name
SAM, Paul Franklin
Date of birth
17 November 1910
Age
34
Place of birth
Johnstown, Cambria County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Garrett, Somerset County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
6850601
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
110th Infantry Regiment,
28th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
16 January 1945
Place of death
Near Givet, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
I 6 29

Immediate family

Members
Simon Keefer (foster father)
Sara (Engleka) Keefer (foster mother)
Grace V. Keefer (foster sister)
Dorothy M. (Haer) Sam (wife)
Wanda L. Sam (daughter)

More information

Pvt Paul F. Sam was an orphan raised in Orphan's Home, Somerset, Pennsylvania.

He was a plumber before he enlisted in Altoona, Pennsylvania on 25 January 1944. He was sent overseas in August 1944.

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, www.findagrave.com – Jaap Vermeer

Photo source: Peter Schoutetenm www.newspapers.com - The Meyersdale Republic, www.findagrave.com – Jaap Vermeer