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Personal info

Full name
TURNER, Samuel Edward
Date of birth
22 April 1912
Age
32
Place of birth
Allentown, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Allentown, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33831378
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
1st Battalion,
141st Infantry Regiment,
36th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
25 October 1944
Place of death
Forêt Domaniale de Champ, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 2 21

Immediate family

Members
John Turner (father)
Christine (McCurley (mother)
Robert J. Turner (brother)
Anna H. Turner (sister)
Christine Turner (sister)
Sarah E. Turner (sister)
James Turner (brother)
Ruth E. Turner (sister)
Georgina Turner (sister)
William G. Turner (brother)
Gloria A. (Hawkins) Turner (wife)

More information

S/Sgt Samuel E. Turner was employed at the Bethlehem Steel Company before he enlisted in Allentown, Germany on 17 August 1943. He was sent overseas in February 1944.

He was killed by small arms fire in his neck.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, https://texasmilitaryforcesmuseum.org/, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / WWII Draft Cards Young Men / WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, www.findagrave.com – Coleman / Melanie S

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy