Samuel Walter Preston

Samuel Walter Preston
Birthdate:	July 01, 1906
Birthplace:	RADNOR, WAYNE, WV, United States
Death:	November 29, 1944 (38) (D. O. W.)
Place of Burial:	Wayne, WV, United States
Immediate Family:	Son of Samuel V Preston and Cuzzie Ellen Preston Husband of Floda Preston Brother of Alwin Taylor Preston and William J Preston Half brother of Private; Private; Private and Celia Wilson

Managed by:	Sam Preston
Last Updated:	October 31, 2020

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Immediate Family

Floda Preston

wife
Cuzzie Ellen Preston

mother
Samuel V Preston

father
Alwin Taylor Preston

brother
William J Preston

brother
Private

step-parent
Private

half sibling
Private

half sibling
Private

half sibling
John Kiah Maynard

stepfather
Celia Wilson

half sister

About Samuel Walter Preston

Company K, 9th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry After the death of his wife, he enlisted in the U.S.Army. He obtained the rank of Staff Sargent. During the Battle of Vire, Normandy, on August 1, 1944, he was struck by an artillery shell that severely wounded him. The shell fragments injured his neck and damaged his spinal cord, leaving him paralyzed. He was returned to the US and admitted to Kennedy General Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee, where he died on November 29, 1944 of pneumonia. His body was returned to Wayne County, WV and was buried in Elmwood Cemetery.

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Samuel Walter Preston's Timeline

1906	July 1, 1906	Birth of Samuel Walter Preston RADNOR, WAYNE, WV, United States
1944	November 29, 1944 Age 38	Death of Samuel Walter Preston
????		Burial of Samuel Walter Preston Wayne, WV, United States

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