World War II Honoree

Sam G. O'Bill

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Butte, Montana

Honored By

Carol O'Bill

Relationship

Wife

ENLISTED OCTOBER 1937, ASSIGNED TO HEADQUARTERS BATTERY, 9TH FIELD ARTILLERY BATTALION, 3RD INFANTRY DIVISION, FORT LEWIS, WASHINGTON. COMMUNICATIONS STUDENT AT ARTILLERY SCHOOL, FORT SILL, OKLAHOMA, 1939. SENT TO CAMP ROBERTS, CALIFORNIA, 1941. TRANSFERRED TO FEDERALIZED 27TH ARTILLERY UNIT OF THE NEW YORK NATIONAL GUARD, 155TH MERCHANT MARINE ARTILLERY UNIT, TRANSFERRED TO FEDERALIZED HEADQUARTERS BATTERY 222ND FIELD ARTILLERY BATTALION, 40TH INFANTRY DIVISION, CALIFORNIA, BASED IN KAUAI, HAWAII AND THEREAFTER SAW ACTION IN GUADALCANAL AND IN THE INITIAL LANDING ON LINGAYEN GULF, PHILIPPINE ISLAND FROM 1941-1945. IN 1945 ASSIGNED TO THE FACULTY AT THE FIELD ARTILLERY SCHOOL, FORT SILL, OKLAHOMA. IN 1946 TERMINATED ACTIVE DUTY.