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Personal info

Full name
WEAVER, Samuel Clair
Date of birth
13 February 1926
Age
19
Place of birth
Earl Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Lancaster County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33934083
Rank
Private First Class
Function
Mortar Gunner
Unit
C Company,
1st Battalion,
304th Infantry Regiment,
76th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
28 February 1945
Place of death
Irrel, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
H 8 17

Immediate family

Members
John E. Weaver (father)
Dorothy M. (Witman) Weaver (mother)
Robert E. Weaver (brother)

More information

Pfc Samuel C. Weaver graduated from New Holland High School in 1943 and was employed at New Holland Machine Company.

He enlisted in New Cumberland, Pennsylvania on 14 April 1944 and trained at Camp Croft, South Carolina and Camp McCoy, Wisconsin.

Pfc Weaver is remembered at Saint Stephen United Church of Christ Cemetery in New Holland, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania with a memorial marker.

Source of information: André Koch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930/1940 Census / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men 1940-1947 / Pennsylvania Veteran Compensation Application Files WWII 1950-1966, http://76thdivision.com/304/history_304th_004.html
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Luxembourg American Cemetery / Carete, www.ancestry.com - New Holland High School Yearbook 1946, www.newspapers.com - Lancaster New Era Pennsylvania 7 December 1945