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Personal info

Full name
SHEARIN, Clifton Aaron
Date of birth
7 April 1921
Age
23
Place of birth
Essex, Halifax County, North Carolina
Hometown
Oxford, Granville County, North Carolina

Military service

Service number
44010268
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
357th Infantry Regiment,
90th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
8 February 1945
Place of death
Near Habscheid, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
G 4 42

Immediate family

Members
William L. Shearin (father)
Roberta (Walker) Shearin (mother)
Susie (Wester) Shearin (sister)
William L. Shearin (brother)
Daisy M. (Summers) Shearin (sister)
Richard B. Shearin (brother)
Sarah I. (Baker) Shearin (wife)
Judith Shearin (daughter)

More information

Pvt Clifton A. Shearin was an electrician before he enlisted at Fort Bragg, North Carolina on 15 August 1944.

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

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Sheree Dowdle, www.abmc.gov, www.findagrave.com, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Johnston Paternal Line / 1920/1930/1940 Census / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, www.history.army.mil

Photo source: Peter Schouteten