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Submitted: 11/25/20 • Approved: 11/26/20 • Last Updated: 11/29/20 • R368100-G0-S3
Texas
PRIVATE 91 Army Fir Force Bomb Squadron
World War II
July 20, 1917 - June 9, 1942
*Photo/information, courtesy of Edith Guynes Stanley
U.S., World War II Prisoners of War, 1941-1946
Name: Samuel L Sheets
Residence Place: USA
Report Date: 7 May 1942
Latest Report Date: Jan 1943
Grade: Private
Grade Notes: Cadet, USMA or Chief Warrant Officer or Private or Apprentice, Seaman
Arm or Service: Air Corps
Arm or Service Code: Air Corps
Area Served: Southwest Pacific Theatre: Philippine Islands
Detaining Country: Japan
Camp: PW Camp #1 - Cabanatuan 1-2-3 Nueva Province Luzon Philippines 15-121
Status: Died as Prisoner of War, Not Above Cases
Report Source: Individual has been reported through sources considered official.
U.S., Headstone Applications for Military Veterans, 1925-1963
Name: Samuel L Sheets
Birth Date: 20 Jul 1917
Death Date: 9 Jun 1942
Cemetery: Holt Cemetery
Cemetery Location: Spearman, Texas
See Memorial at The Cabanatuan Memorial in the Philippines: Samuel Leroy Sheets
Texas, Birth Index, 1903-1997
Name: Sheets
Date of Birth: 20 Jul 1917
Birth County: Ochiltree
Father's Name: Claud Sheets
Certificate Number: 30151
Roll Number: 1917_0010
Texas, Birth Certificates, 1903-1932
Name: Samuel Leroy Sheets
Birth Date: 20 Jul 1917
Gender: Male
Birth Place: Ochiltree, Ochiltree, Texas, USA
Father: Claud Sheets
Father Birth Place: Henderson County, Texas
Mother: Annie L Archer
[Nannie L Archer]
Mother Birth Place: Bell County, Texas
U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947
Name: Samuel Leroy Sheets
Gender: Male
Race: White
Age: 23
Relationship to Draftee: Self (Head)
Birth Date: 20 Jul 1917
Birth Place: Ochiltree, Texas, USA
Residence Place: Spearman, Hansford, Texas, USA
Registration Date: 16 Oct 1940
Registration Place: Spearman, Hansford, Texas, USA
Employer: J A Whittenburg Jr
Weight: 175
Complexion: Ruddy
Eye Color: Hazel
Hair Color: Brown
Height: 5 11
Next of Kin: Claude Sheets
Household Members:
Name Relationship
Samuel Leroy Sheets Self (Head)
Claude Sheets Mother
Contributed on 11/25/20 by neldapat
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