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Last Rank
Rear Admiral Upper Half
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Last Primary Designator/NEC
131X-Unrestricted Line Officer - Pilot
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Last Rating/NEC Group
Line Officer
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Primary Unit
1945-1945, 131X, USS Suwanee (CVE-27)
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Service Years
1918 - 1945
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Personal Details
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Home State
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Year of Birth
1898 |
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This Military Service Page was created/owned by
Robert Cox, YNCS
to remember
Sample, William Dodge, RADM.
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Contact Info
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Home Town
Buffalo |
Last Address
Buffalo, New York
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Date of Passing
Oct 02, 1945 |
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Location of Interment
Arlington National Cemetery - Arlington, Virginia |
Wall/Plot Coordinates
Sec. 15 Plot 78 SH |
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Last Known Activity
I created this profile of Admiral Sample as part of my research of the Battle Off Samar. Sample was the Commander of Carrier Division 27 assigned to Task Unit 77.4.2 (Taffy II). The little escort carriers (CVEs) he commanded were an intergal part of winning the war in the Pacific.
Please add ADM Sample to your list of shipmates and visit often.
Please visit my Battle Off Samar famous Naval officer profiles:
VADM Clifton Sprague
VADM Thomas Sprague
ADM Felix Stump
VADM Ralph Ofstie
RADM Robert Copeland
RADM Leon Kintberger
CDR Ernest Evans
See my website for more insight: www.bosamar.com
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Other Comments:
William Dodge Sample was born in Buffalo, New York, on 9 March 1898.
He graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in June 1918.
During World War 1 he served aboard duty in USS HENDERSON (AP-1). For meritorious service during a fire on board that ship he received a letter of commendation from the Secretary of the Navy. Detached in August 1918,he served on several destroyers based at Queenstown, Ireland.
He remained in the European Waters Detachment after the end of World War 1.
In December 1921 he was transferred to the gunboat PAMPANGA (PG-39), on the Asiatic Station.
Attended flight training and was designated a Naval Aviator on 23 June 1923.
Saw duty in several observation squadrons in the mid to late 1920s.
Served on board the carriers SARATOGA (CV-3) and LEXINGTON (CV-2), commanding VF-5 on the latter.
During 1938 and 1939, he served in RANGER (CV-4).
After the outbreak of World War II, he assisted in the conversion of SANTEE (CVE-29). Assuming command of that escort carrier on its commissioning, he was awarded a letter of commendation for service during Operation Torch; the invasion of North Africa.
On 19 April 1944, he assumed command of INTREPID (CV-11).
In May 1944 he was transferred to the command of HORNET (CV-12) and in the ensuing months participated in operations in the Marianas and in strikes against the Volcano Islands.
Promoted to Rear Admiral and successively commanded Carrier Divisions 22 and 27.
Listed as missing on 2 October 1945 after his plane failed to return from a familiarization flight near Wakayama, Japan. Rear Admiral Sample was officially declared dead on 3 October 1946.
William Dodge Sample was the youngest rear admiral in the Pacific theater.
USS SAMPLE (FF-1048) was commissioned on March 23, 1968.
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Memorial
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Website
http://www.navymemorial.org/
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Contact Phone Number
202-737-2300
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1977
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Kiland, Taylor, LT, (1989-1994)
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