Ernest August “Sam" Block was born Nov. 9, 1919 to Herman J. and Elizabeth Erlbacher Block. He died July 29, 1944 and is buried in Brittany American Cemetery, Saint James, France and memorialized in Saint Joseph Cemetery, Earling, IA.
Sgt. Block served in World War II with the U.S. Army 32nd Armored Regiment, 3rd Armored Division and was KIA in France and awarded the Purple Heart.
Source: ancestry.com
