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Personal info

Full name
BIDDLECOMB, Samuel Frederick "Fred"
Date of birth
3 August 1914
Age
30
Place of birth
Fairfield, Northumberland County, Virginia
Hometown
Baltimore, Maryland

Military service

Service number
33885372
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
E Company,
2nd Battalion,
334th Infantry Regiment,
84th Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
24 February 1945
Place of death
Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
L 10 12

Immediate family

Members
Alfred W. Biddlecomb (father)
Almeda F. (Robinson) Biddlecomb (mother)
Walter J. Biddlecomb (brother)
Alfred F. Biddlecomb (brother)
Ralph R. Biddlecomb (brother)
Almeda M. Biddlecomb (sister)
Eleanor E. (Miller) Biddlecomb (wife)
Frederick K. Biddlecomb (son)
David Biddlecomb (son)

More information

Pfc Samuel F. Biddlecomb graduated from Baltimore Polytechnic Institute, where he played soccer.

He enlisted on 24 April 1944 at Fort George G. Meade, Maryland.

He was mortally wounded in the vicinity of Boisheim, Germany on 23 February 1945 and died the next day of his wounds in a hospital in Germany. The exact location is not known.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - Family Tree, History 334th Infantry Regiment, www.findagrave.com, www.newspapers.com - The Baltimore Sun

Photo source: www.findagrave.com, Des Philippet, Fred and Beverley Biddlecomb (nephew and niece-in-law)