Samuel Titus Harvey, Jr. (1923-1945)

Samuel Titus Harvey, Jr. (1923-1945)

Samuel Harvey was born in Long Branch, New Jersey in 1923 and grew up in Red Bank, New Jersey, graduating from high school there with honors. He entered Dickinson with the class of 1946 and became a member of Kappa Sigma fraternity.

Harvey enlisted in the army after the fall and winter terms of his freshman year and trained in Texas and Mississippi. He was assigned to the 301st Infantry Regiment of the 94th Division, Third Army while fighting in Europe, serving as runner and French interpreter. On February 20, 1945, PFC Samuel Harvey was killed in action in Germany. He is buried in the American Cemetery in Luxembourg.

More information about other Dickinson war casualties can be found through the online project "In Remembrance" (see link for related entries below).

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Dickinson College Archives
Date of Post: 
2005
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