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Personal info

Full name
SHIELDS, William Jackson "Bill"
Date of birth
5 November 1921
Age
23
Place of birth
Tryon, Polk County, North Carolina
Hometown
Tryon, Polk County, North Carolina

Military service

Service number
34035536
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
16th Infantry Regiment,
1st Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
22 March 1945
Place of death
Bad Honnef, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
D 12 54

Immediate family

Members
Devanie A, Shields (father)
Blandena (Arledge) Shields (mother)
Andrew D. Shields (brother)
John L. Shields (brother)
Homer Shields (brother)
Margaret L. Shields (sister)
Maran E. Shields (sister)
Allen M. Shields (brother)
Barbara J. Shields (sister)

More information

Pvt William J. Shields enlisted at Camp Croft, South Carolina on 3 August 1942.
He worked on a farm before he enlisted.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - various family trees / 1940 Census / U.S., Headstone and Interment Record

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet