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Personal info

Full name
OSWALD, Samuel Wilson
Date of birth
10 October 1919
Age
25
Place of birth
Coplay, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Allentown, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33055892
Rank
Technician Fourth Grade
Function
unknown
Unit
6th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron (Mechanized)
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
24 January 1945
Place of death
Diekirch, Luxembourg

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
G 8 24

Immediate family

Members
Harry B. Oswald Sr. (father)
Esther M. (Butz) Oswald (mother)
Evelyn E. Oswald (sister)
Pauline E. Oswald (sister)
Louella M. Oswald (sister)
Warren P. Oswald (brother)
Harry B. Oswald Jr. (brother)
Jean R. Oswald (wife)

More information

T/4 Samuel W. Oswald was employed as a truck driver by the Lehigh Portland Cement Company before he enlisted in Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania on 2 April 1942.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments in the chest.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men RM Snyder Family Tree / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, www.findagrave.com – blazen 36 / Melanie S
Photo source: www.findagrave.com – nepper / Melanie S – The Morning Call Allentown 13 February 1945