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Personal info

Full name
SHAPLEY, Joseph Russell
Date of birth
20 June 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Camden, Camden County, New Jersey
Hometown
Merchantville, Camden County, New Jersey

Military service

Service number
32959148
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
A Company,
1st Battalion,
406th Infantry Regiment,
102nd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
21 November 1944
Place of death
Near Immendorf, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
H 6 23

Immediate family

Members
Joseph P. Shapley (father)
Miriam Shapley (mother)
Dorothy L. Shapley (sister)

More information

Pvt Joseph R. Shapley graduated from Moorestown High School in 1942. He was active in the Camera Club and sang with the Chorus.

He enlisted in Camden, New Jersey on 13 October 1943.

Source of information: André Koch, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1930 Census, U.S. Headstone and Interment Records, WWII Draft Cards

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Moorestown High School yearbook 1942