Samuel Doe Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! == Early life == Samuel Kanyon Doe was born on 6 May 1951 in [[Tuzon]], a small inland village in [[Grand Gedeh County]]. His family belonged to the [[Krahn people]], an important minority indigenous group in this area.<ref>"Hail to the Chief: Happy Birthday!" ''Express Special'' 6 May 1982: 1.</ref> At the age of sixteen, Doe finished elementary school and enrolled at a Baptist junior high school in [[Zwedru]]. Two years later, he enlisted in the [[Armed Forces of Liberia]], hoping thereby to obtain a scholarship to a high school in [[Kakata]]. Still, instead, he was assigned to military duties. Over the next ten years, he was assigned to various duty stations, including education at a military school and commanding various garrisons and prisons in Monrovia. He finally completed high school by [[Distance education|correspondence]]. Doe was promoted to the grade of [[Master sergeant]] on 11 October 1979 and made an administrator for the Third Battalion in Monrovia, a position he occupied for eleven months.<ref name="1984 birthday">"Happy Birthday!! Dr. Doe is 34 TODAY" ''Sunday Express'', 6 May 1984: 1/6-7.</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page