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Samuel
J
Schira
Born [location unknown]
Son of Samuel Schira
and Marie V (Sunberry) Schira
Brother of
Marian T (Schira) Kopp
[spouse(s) unknown]
[children unknown]
Died
at age 69
[location unknown]
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Biography
Samuel was born in 1921. Staff Sergeant Samuel Schira served in the U.S. Army during World War II. He was the son of Samuel Schira and Marie Sunberry. He passed away in 1991, and was buried at Saint Edwards Cemetery, Coal Township, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania.[1]
Military
With U.S. Armed Forces
Staff Sergeant Samuel Schira, son of Mrs. Marie Schira, 1131 West Gowen Street, was liberated from a Nazi prison camp on April 29. He was taken prisoner on December 18, while serving with an infantry unit, He was first reported missing in action, and later a prisoner of war.[2]
Sources
- ↑ Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 15 July 2018), memorial page for Samuel J Schira (19 Jun 1921–14 Jun 1991), Find A Grave Memorial no. 13136418, citing Saint Edwards Cemetery, Coal Township, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, USA ; Maintained by Find A Grave (contributor 8) .
- ↑ Shamokin News-Dispatch, Shamokin, Pennsylvania. 31 May 1945, Page 3.
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