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Personal info

Full name
SHOEMAKER, George R
Date of birth
27 September 1915
Age
29
Place of birth
Westchester County, New York
Hometown
Westchester County, New York

Military service

Service number
42068429
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
331st Infantry Regiment,
83rd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

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

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
H 1 56

Immediate family

Members
George R. Shoemaker (father)
Jean G. (Orr) Shoemaker (mother)
Christine O. Shoemaker (sister)

More information

Pfc George R. Shoemaker attended high school for three years and worked in a machine shop

He enlisted in New York City, New York on 21 January 1944.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - U.S., Headstone and Interment Records of U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil / Shoemaker Family Tree, http://83rdinfdivdocs.org - After Action Report

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet