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Personal info

Full name
ELLIOTT, Samuel Junior
Date of birth
14 May 1918
Age
26
Place of birth
Allen County, Kansas
Hometown
Allen County, Kansas

Military service

Service number
37213116
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
HQ & HQ Company,
2nd Battalion,
378th Infantry Regiment,
95th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
8 December 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Neupre, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
Plot Row Grave
A 33 55

Immediate family

Members
Samuel J. Elliott Sr. (father)
Martha E. (Bowlby) Elliott (mother)
Verna J. Elliott (sister)
Edward L. Elliott (brother)
George J. Elliott (brother)
Daisy M. Elliott (sister)
Kenneth D. Elliott (brother)
Thomas L. Elliott (brother)
Doris E. (Williams) Elliott (wife)
Patrick Elliott (son)
Jane M. Elliott (daughter)

More information

Sgt Samuel J. Elliott enlisted at Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana on 22 November 1941.

Sgt Samuel J. Elliott is remembered with a memorial marker at the Mount Moriah Cemetery in Stark, Neosho County, Kansas.

Source of information: Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com - Orville L. Kline, www.findagrave.com, www.newspapers.com - The Iola Register, WWII Draft Card, 1925 Kansas Census, www.ancestry.com - Perry Family Tree / Elliott Family Tree

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.findagrave.com - Ronda Berry, TiogaRose