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Personal info

Full name
AUGUSTINE, Samuel A "Sam"
Date of birth
28 April 1918
Age
26
Place of birth
Norristown, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Norristown, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33028869
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
A Company,
628th Tank Destroyer Battalion
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
7 January 1945
Place of death
Werbomont, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
D 16 28

Immediate family

Members
Sullivan Augustine (father)
Philomena Augustine (mother)
Lucia Augustine (sister)
Mary Augustine (sister)
Milton Augustine (brother)
Ottavia Augustine (sister)
Joseph Augustine (brother)
John Augustine (brother)
Carmella Augustine (sister)

More information

Samuel Augustino was employed as a baker.

He enlisted in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on 24 March 1941.

During the advance to Werbomont, one M-36 tank destroyer was hit by enemy fire. Probably Pfc Augustino was one of the five casualties.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Raf Dyckmans, Terry Hirsch, Carla Mans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - 1920 census / U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil / U.S. Veteran Compensation Application Files, 628th After Action reports - January 1945

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, Erwin Derhaag - History of the 628th Tank Destroyer Battalion 1941-1945