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Personal info

Full name
SHEPARD, Earl S
Date of birth
14 May 1920
Age
24
Place of birth
Lorain County, Ohio
Hometown
Lorain County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
35282732
Rank
Technician Fifth Grade
Function
unknown
Unit
83rd Armored Reconnaissance Battalion,
3rd Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
19 September 1944
Place of death
Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
H 8 16

Immediate family

Members
Clayton Shepard (father)
Dorothy M. Shepard (mother)
Ruth E. Shepard (sister)
Louis M. Shepard (brother)
Paul E. Shepard (brother)
Mary Jane Shepard (sister)
Carol J. Shepard (sister)
Freda M. Shepard (sister)

More information

T/5 Earl S. Shepard attended Wellington High School and was a polisher

He enlisted at Camp Perry Lacarne, Ohio on 20 January 1942.

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

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1940 Census / Ohio, Birth Index / WWII Young American Patriots

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, www.ancestry.com - WWII Young American Patriots