Harry S. Sampson

Harry S. Sampson Jr.

Army

HARRY
S.
SAMPSON
JR.

Sep 12, 1925 - May 14, 1978
BIRTHPLACE: Chapman, Kansas

SOLDIER DETAILS

HIGHEST RANK: PFC
DIVISION:
Army
,
Service details unknown.
THEATER OF OPERATION:
Other
SERVED: Jan 13, 1944 -
BATTLE: Unknown
MILITARY HONORS: Unknown
HONORED BY: Dickinson County Historical Society and Heritage Museum and the Eisenhower Foundation
PRISONER OF WAR
KILLED IN ACTION

BIOGRAPHY

No actual service information is available for Harry S. Sampson, Jr. He registered October 30, 1943, in Abilene, Dickinson County, Kansas, and enlisted in the Army on Jan. 13, 1944, in Leavenworth, Kansas. His enlistment record states Harry S. Sampson's enlistment was the standard, "for the duration of the War or other emergency, plus six months, subject to the discretion of the President or otherwise according to law." Harry S. Sampson completed 3 years of high school before his enlistment date. The following was listed next to Occupation: "Semiskilled mechanics and repairmen, motor vehicles." Brother to Ike's Soldiers veteran Eber Price Sampson.