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Personal info

Full name
MC GHEE, Shirley
Date of birth
24 October 1924
Age
19
Place of birth
Campbell County, Tennessee
Hometown
Campbell County, Tennessee

Military service

Service number
7082054
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
18th Infantry Regiment,
1st Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
9 October 1944
Place of death
Am Ravelsberg, South of Würselen, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
C 10 1

Immediate family

Members
Birchfield Mc Ghee (father)
Maggie B. (Lowe) Mc Ghee (mother)
Ewell Mc Ghee (brother)
Myrtle Mc Ghee (sister)
Curbie Mc Ghee (brother)
Jane Mc Ghee (sister)
Raymond Mc Ghee (brother)
Mencioni Mc Ghee (brother)
Sampson D. Mc Ghee (brother)

More information

Pvt Shirley Mc Ghee was a bellman before he joined the Regular Army on 20 February 1940.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record
www.ancestry.com - various family trees

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet