Database 83rd Infantry Division

Sam Ross (35521725)

Name Ross, Sam
Rank Staff Sergeant
Army Serial # 35521725
State Ohio
Date of death 1944-08-11
Plot, Row, Grave I, 3, 12
Cemetery Brittany American Cemetery, St. James, France , Google Maps
Role MOS 821 Quartermaster Supply Technician
Unit C Company, 330th Infantry Regiment, 83rd Infantry Division
Awards Purple Heart
Additional information
Staff Sergeant Ross was a member of C Company. The morning report for July 27, 1944 on page 48 lists him as lightly injured in action and transferred to the 103rd Evacuation Hospital. Page 51, for July 28, 1944, lists him returning to the unit. The morning report for August 11, 1944 on page 22 lists as killed in action as a result of a shell hitting the Company Command Post. The pages can be seen below.
Morning reports
1944-07-27 SSGT Lightly injured in action and duty to hospital on July 27, 1944 C / 330 view page
1944-07-28 SSGT Returned to duty from hospital (lightly injured in action) on July 28, 1944 C / 330 view page
1944-08-11 SSGT Killed in action on August 11, 1944 821 C / 330 view page
1944-08-11 SSGT Listed in Record of Events for August 11, 1944 821 C / 330 view page
Various documents
Description Page
Listed in 330th Infantry Regiment Casualties and Awards as killed in action as a Staff Sergeant in 330. 6
Listed in 330th Infantry Regiment Casualties and Awards as wounded in action as a Staff Sergeant in 330. 33