US PARAS Knott, Samuel Lee, Jr.

[Craig Robertson]

• SURNAME

Knott​

• FORENAME

Samuel Lee, Jr.​

• UNIT

503rd Parachute Infantry Regiment (Company B)​

• RANK

Private​

• NUMBER

34899090​

• DATE OF DEATH

26th February 1945​

• AGE

19​

• GRAVESITE

Manila American Cemetery and Memorial, Manila, Philippines. Plot F, Row 1, Grave 69​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

born 10.09.1925 Walnut Grove, Granville County, North Carolina, USA​

father Samuel Lee Knott (1896-1977)​

mother Lois Martha (nee Daniel) Knott (1897-1965)​

4 years high school​

attended Berea High School​

civil occupation Farm Hand​

single without dependents upon enlistment​

resided Route #1, Box 89, Oxford, Granville County, North Carolina​

11.09.1943 draft card Oxford, Granville County, North Carolina​

19.01.1944 entered service Camp Croft, South Carolina​

Next of kin - Father. Mr. Sam L. Knott, Route #1, Oxford, North Carolina​

KIA Corregidor Island, Philippines​

Enon Baptist Church Cemetery, Oxford, Granville County, North Carolina (Memorial)​

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