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Personal info

Full name
PAGE, Samuel Edward
Date of birth
29 December 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Hopkinsville, Christian County, Kentucky
Hometown
Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky

Military service

Service number
35242380
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
C Company,
1st Battalion,
253rd Infantry Regiment,
63rd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
7 April 1945
Place of death
Near Kressbach, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
E 31 34

Immediate family

Members
Samuel D. Page (father)
Rosa (Darnell) Page (mother)
John W. Page (brother)
Walter L. Page (brother)
Robert L. Page (brother)

More information

Pfc Samuel E. Page attended high school for two years before he enlisted at Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana on 22 February 1944.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Kentucky Birth Index / 1930 Census / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, www.63rdinfdiv.com, www.findagrave.com

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