Durbin Samuel D.

Monuments

Trois-Ponts American Soldiers Plaque

Name:

Samuel D. Durbin

Rank:

Private First Class

Serial Number:

37416030

Unit:

505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne

Date of Death:

1944-12-22

State:

Missouri

Cemetery:

IOOF Cemetery, Charleston, Missouri

Plot:

Row:

Grave:

Decoration:

Silver Star Medal, Purple Heart

Comments:

Samuel D. Durbin was born on Sept. 19, 1923, in East Prairie, and was graduated front high school in Missouri. Pfc. Durbin was with the Company E, 82d Airborne Division, after entering service on Feb. 15, 1943. He died on Dec. 22, 1944. in a field hospital at Trois Ponts, Belgium as a result of wounds received in Holland on Sept. 19, 1944. He had been awarded the Presidential Citation, the Purple Heart and the Silver Star and the French government also awarded a medal.