WWII

Sam Fiskus

Rate / Rank
PFC

Birthdate
July 31 1904

Date of Death
November 14 1971

Branch
US Army

Active Duty Service
December 2 1942 - February 16 1945

Conflicts & Campaigns

Northern France; European Theater of Operations, June 11, 1944 - December 15, 1944
(Departed; New York for England aboard SS Queen Mary, June 6, 1944)

Significant Duty Stations

38th Armored Infantry Battalion, 7th Armored Division

Decorations & Citations

Combat Infantryman Badge
Purple Heart with oak leaf cluster (Wounded; France, September 16, 1944); (Wounded; France, October 1944)
European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal with two bronze stars; Good Conduct Medal

Notes

US Army service number 34-576-307. Born; Wrens, Georgia. Was in same battalion as Staff Sergeant Robert Leland Harrison and they were in the same division as Private Francis Lemuel Jones (all three from Grady County). Certificate of Disability for discharge. Burial; Long Branch Cemetery, Cairo, Georgia.