Claude C. Sampson
Era: World War II
Military Branch: Army
Claude C. Sampson was inducted into the Army on August 24, 1942, at Fort Snelling, Minnesota. Home at entry: Hibbing, Minnesota.
He served as a Technician Fifth Grade and radio operator with Company A of the 310th Signal Operating Battalion in the Aleutian Islands.
He was awarded the following: Good Conduct Medal, American Campaign Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, and World War II Victory Medal.
Mr. Sampson was honorably discharged on October 23, 1945, Northington General Hospital, Tuscaloosa, Alabama.
Source: Hometown Heroes: The Saint Louis County World War II Project, 280.