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Personal info

Full name
HARRIS, Samuel E
Date of birth
1924
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Salisbury, Rowan County, North Carolina
Hometown
Salisbury, Rowan County, North Carolina
Ethnicity
African American

Military service

Service number
34311005
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
333rd Field Artillery Battalion
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
29 March 1945
Place of death
Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
Plot Row Grave
D 3 53

Immediate family

Members
William T. Harris (father)
Carrie E. Harris (mother)
Winton Harris (brother)
Rosa W. Harris (sister)
Harry L. Harris (brother)
Annie L. Harris (sister)
Cerrie Harris (sister)

More information

Pvt Samuel E. Harris worked in an aircraft factory before he enlisted at Fort Bragg, North Carolina on 16 July 1942.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1920/1930/1940 Census / U.S. Headstone and Interment Record for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil 1942-1949

Photo source: www.findagrave.com