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HOUSTON, Samuel Lee - Date of
birth
19 October 1924 -
Age
20 -
Place of birth
Sharps Chapel, Union County, Tennessee -
Hometown
Claiborne County, Tennessee
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
34886323 -
Rank
Corporal -
Function
unknown -
Unit
67th Armored Regiment,
2nd Armored Division
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Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster
Death
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Status
Killed in Action - Date of
death
3 January 1945 - Place of
death
Belgium
Grave
-
Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes - Tablets of the Missing
Immediate family
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Members
Ottis D. Houston (father)
Grace (Walker) Houston (mother)
Ruth Houston (sister)
Ada M. Houston (sister)
More information
Cpl Samuel L. Houston enlisted at Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia on 8 October 1943.
Source of information: www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - Family Trees
Photo source: www.findagrave.com, www.ancestry.com - Internain-Heffernon-Heflin-Houston-Trail Family Tree