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Personal info

Full name
SHIPLEY, Claude F
Date of birth
19 January 1916
Age
28
Place of birth
Fayette County, Illinois
Hometown
Illinois

Military service

Service number
36739232
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
E Company,
2nd Battalion,
331st Infantry Regiment,
83rd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
12 January 1945
Place of death
Petite-Langlire, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
H 4 4

Immediate family

Members
Henry R. Shipley (father)
Golda (Stubblefield) Shipley (mother)
Lloyd A. Shipley (brother)
Silvia Shipley (wife)
Anne Shipley (daughter)

More information

Sgt Claude F. Shipley joined his unit from the 92nd Replacement Battalion on 11 July 1944 with the rank of private.

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

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, Anne Shipley-Clemmons, www.ancestry.com - U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for US Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil / U.S., Social Security Death Index / Henry P. Cunningham Family Tree, www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, www.83rdinfdivdocs.org - After Action Report

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet