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Personal info

Full name
SHANK, William Flourney
Date of birth
15 March 1913
Age
31
Place of birth
Gore, Hampshire County, West Virginia
Hometown
Belmont County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
35831450
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
330th Infantry Regiment,
83rd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
17 January 1945
Place of death
Near Sterpigny, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
F 12 10

Immediate family

Members
Rumsey W. Shank (father)
Jessie L. (Gullick) Shank (mother)
Audrey L. Shank (sister)
Martha V. Shank (sister)
Ruby L. (Bell) Shank (wife)
Jeanne Y. Shank (daughter)
Paula M. Shank (daughter)

More information

Pvt William F. Shank enlisted in Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana on 11 April 1944. He received his basic training at Camp Wheeler, Georgia and was sent overseas in December 1944.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Foy, Belgium.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Sheree Dowdle, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1920/1930/1940 Census / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / West Virginia U.S. Birth Index, http://83rdinfdivdocs.org - After Action Report, www.newspapers.com - Cumberland Sunday Times

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet / Hudson Louie