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Personal info

Full name
LEONE, Sam
Date of birth
22 February 1910
Age
34
Place of birth
Corleone, Palermo, Sicily, Italy
Hometown
Lake Charles, Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana

Military service

Service number
38652318
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
C Company,
1st Battalion,
134th Infantry Regiment,
35th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
14 January 1945
Place of death
Remichampagne, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
B 4 30

Immediate family

Members
Luca Leone (father)
Carmela (DiGiglia) Leone (mother)
Lena M. Leone (sister)
Lena E. (Timpa) Leone (wife)
Carmila B. Leone (daughter)
Marjorie A. V. Leone (daughter)
Lucas J. Leone (son)

More information

Pfc Sam Leone attended high school for two years before he enlisted at Camp Beauregard, Louisiana on 17 March 1944.

He was killed by artillery shell fragemnts to his head and neck.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com - Ms. Camille L. Albers, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Distefano Moncada Family Tree / 1930 Census / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card, After Action Report 35th Infantry Division
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Luxembourg American Cemetery