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Personal info

Full name
SHIPMAN, William Gatewood
Date of birth
18 January 1914
Age
30
Place of birth
High Point, Guilford County, North Carolina
Hometown
High Point, Guilford County, North Carolina

Military service

Service number
34679182
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
325th Glider Infantry Regiment,
82nd Airborne Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
3 January 1945
Place of death
Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
C 8 14

Immediate family

Members
William G. Shipman (father)
Hazel (Fisher) Shipman (mother)
Elizabeth Shipman (sister)
Hazel Shipman (sister)
Marion Shipman (sister)
Frances A. (Dugger) Shipman (wife)
Anne Shipman (daughter)

More information

S/Sgt William G. Shipman managed a furniture company before he enlisted at Fort Bragg, North Carolina on 21 August 1943. He was sent overseas in November 1944.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.findagrave.com - Kathy, http://www.ww2-airborne.us/units/325/325_honor_st.html, www.ancestry.com - U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreigh Soil / Mann Family Tree / 1920 Census, Greensboro Daily News, N.C. - March 25, 1945

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, Greensboro Daily News, N.C.