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Personal info

Full name
LATIFF, Sam G
Date of birth
1919
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Michigan
Hometown
Wayne County, Michigan

Military service

Service number
36508000
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
379th Infantry Regiment,
95th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
19 October 1944
Place of death
Outside of Metz, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 21 107

Immediate family

Members
Tony Latiff (father)
Helen (Esse) Latiff (mother)
Charles Latiff (brother)
Tony Latiff (brother)
Mary Latiff (sister)
George Latiff (brother)

More information

Pfc Sam G. Latiff worked in a brewery.

He enlisted in July 1942 and was sent overseas in July 1944.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Andilly, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Kathy McDermott, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930 Census, http://mathieu.gitzhofer.free.fr/irongb.php
Photo source: www.findagrave.com, The Detroit Times - 18 January 1945