Name/Title
Sam L. Farris Field BagEntry/Object ID
Gear2023.13Description
Sam Leslie Farris
ASN: 35464612
Private First Class
Company E
351st Infantry Regiment
88th Infantry Division
Combat Infantryman's Badge
Purple Heart with one oak leaf clusters.
Date of Birth: June 26, 1921
Place of Birth: Glowmawr, Kentucky
Date of Death: February 13, 1979
Place of Death: Hazard, Kentucky
Date of Enlistment: July 25, 1942
Place of Enlistment:
Date of Discharge: November 6, 1945
Place of Discharge:
Served in an unknown infantry unit for an unspecified amount of time overseas in the Mediterranean Theater. He was wounded twice. The first time was July 1944, in the back by artillery fragments. The second time was in August of 1944 with artillery fragments to the "loin." Both times he was sent back to the line to continue to fight.Create Date
September 26, 2023Update Date
May 13, 2025
