Howard Forrest Samples (1917 - 1992)

Born 14 Oct 1917 in Clay, West Virginia, United States

Ancestors

Died 29 May 1992 at age 74 in Lancaster, Los Angeles, California, United States

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Biography

Howard Samples served in the United States Army in World War II
Service started: 22 Aug 1945
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Service ended:

• Birth:14 October 1917, Clay, West Virginia, United States^[1]
• Death:29 May 1992,Lancaster, Los Angeles, California, United States^[2]
• Burial:Joshua Memorial Park, Lancaster, Los Angeles, California, United States^[3]View Headstone for Howard F and Inez E Samples

• Fact: Military Service (22 August 1945) Fort George G. Meade, Anne Arundel, Maryland, United States^[4]

Spouse:Inez Elizabeth Johnson 21 April 1924 – 23 December 2000 • LRZ5-2SD

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Census Data

• Fact: Residence (1920) Union, Clay, West Virginia, United States^[5]
• Fact: Residence (1930) Union, Clay, West Virginia, United States^[6]
• Fact: Residence (1940) Union Magisterial District, Clay, West Virginia, United States^[7]

Sources

1. ↑ "California Death Index, 1940-1997," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/VGP5-PH7 : 26 November 2014), Howard Forrest Samples, 29 May 1992; Department of Public Health Services, Sacramento.
2. ↑ "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/JPFS-LWB : 19 May 2014), Howard F Samples, 29 May 1992; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
3. ↑ "BillionGraves Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/QKDG-56GK : 25 April 2016), Howard F. Samples, died 29 May 1992; citing BillionGraves (http://www.billiongraves.com : 2012), [1] Burial at Joshua Memorial Park, Lancaster, Los Angeles, California, United States.
4. ↑ "United States World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/K8YX-4CZ : 5 December 2014), Howard F Samples, enlisted 22 Aug 1945, Ft George G Meade, Maryland, United States; citing "Electronic Army Serial Number Merged File, ca. 1938-1946," database, The National Archives: Access to Archival Databases (AAD) (http://aad.archives.gov : National Archives and Records Administration, 2002); NARA NAID 126323, National Archives at College Park, Maryland.
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MNL8-14H : accessed 12 January 2017), H Forest Samples in household of Howard C Samples, Union, Clay, West Virginia, United States; citing ED 32, sheet 15A, line 40, family 249, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 1949; FHL microfilm 1,821,949.
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XMCL-Q1H : accessed 12 January 2017), Forest Samples in household of Howard Samples, Union, Clay, West Virginia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 8, sheet 13A, line 17, family 227, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 2530; FHL microfilm 2,342,264.
7. ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/K7CM-WH9 : accessed 12 January 2017), Forest Samples in household of Howard C Samples, Union Magisterial District, Clay, West Virginia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 8-8, sheet 12B, line 78, family 196, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 4400.

• "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 14 January 2017, 17:31), entry for Howard Forrest Samples(PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:KC1X-BDB); contributed by various users.