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Personal info

Full name
SAMBERSON, Paul Victor
Date of birth
17 February 1926
Age
19
Place of birth
East Liverpool, Columbiana County, Ohio
Hometown
East Liverpool, Columbiana County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
35931004
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
328th Infantry Regiment,
26th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
25 February 1945
Place of death
Near Saarbrücken, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
H 8 73

Immediate family

Members
Abe B. Samberson (father)
Ruth E. (Bailey) Samberson (mother)
Abe B. Samberson (brother)
Clinton O. H. Samberson (brother)
Ralph T. Samberson (brother)

More information

Pvt Paul V. Samberson was employed at the Homer Laughlin China Company before he enlisted in Cleveland, Ohio on 7 August 1944. He was sent overseas since January 1945.

He died in a field hospital from the effects of artillery shell fragments in his intestine.

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 / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files / 1940 Census, www.findagrave.com, www.fold3.com - 26th Infantry Division, www.newspapers.com - The Evening Review - 12 March 1945
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Luxembourg American Cemetery, www.newspapers.com - The Evening Review - 12 March 1945