SAMUEL E. WELCH Jr

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Son of Samuel Epperson and Mary Jane Wells

Siblings:

• Virgie Welch Witten   
• Coonie Welch Hall Davis
• Evelyn Welch Ward Shauge
• John Welch

 

At first it had been reported, Samuel E. Welch had been seriously wounded in action in France. His family later learned that he had been killed in action.

He died at the age of 27, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Epperson Welch. Samuel entered the army on Jul.15 1941.

Survivors at the time were his parents, one child, a sister, Mrs Evelyn Skauge of Dayton and a brother John who was in the military services in Florida.

His death was reported in the Paintsville Herald, Thursday Dec. 07, 1944

CPL. SAMUEL EPPERSON WELCH JR

 

Cpl. Samuel E. Welch, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel E. Welch, Paintsville, died in France, July 14, 1945 of wounds received the same day. Junior, as he was called by his friends, was born October 29, 1917. He entered the armed forces on July 15, 1941 and went overseas Sept. 1, 1943. He was made a Cpl., before leaving the states and was among the first to go to France after D-Day.

He is survived by one daughter, Mary Brian Welch, his parents, one brother Pvt. John Welch with the U S Army in France, and three sisters, Mrs. Chester Witten, Mrs. Johnnie Davis, and Mrs. Albert A, Skauge, also a host of  many friends and relatives.

Junior was a boy whom everybody loved. He was loved by his teachers in school and by everyone with whom he worked. No responsibility was too difficult or too big as he believed in doing his work well.

 

The Paintsville Herald

12-7-1944