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Personal info

Full name
SHILLEY, Frank Sam
Date of birth
11 September 1921
Age
23
Place of birth
Shinnston, Harrison County, West Virginia
Hometown
Washtenaw County, Michigan

Military service

Service number
36474953
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
23rd Infantry Regiment,
2nd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
8 April 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Wiershausen, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
M 10 2

Immediate family

Members
Frank Shilley (father)
Sarah (Nuoto) Shilley (mother)
Dominic Parrott (stepfather)
John Shilley (brother)
Mary Shilley (sister)
January Shilley (brother)
Oliver T. Parrott (half brother)
Junior Parrott (half brother)

More information

Pfc Frank S. Shilley graduated from Shinnston High School. He worked at the Consolidation Coal Company in Owings, West Virginia.

He enlisted in Chicago, Illinois on 26 August 1944.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Raleigh Register / WWII Draft Card

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Susan Linton - Shinnston High School in West Virginia