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Personal info

Full name
SHINHOLSTER, Johnnie Willis
Date of birth
19 December 1920
Age
24
Place of birth
Wheeler County, Georgia
Hometown
Laurens County, Georgia

Military service

Service number
34576210
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
E Company,
2nd Battalion,
325th Glider Infantry Regiment,
82nd Airborne Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Finding of Death
Date of death
2 November 1945
Place of death
East of Grave, the Netherlands

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Walls of the Missing

Immediate family

Members
James L. Shinholster (father)
Eula Shinholster (mother)
William T. Shinholster (brother)
Willard Shinholster (brother)
Wilmer Shinholster (brother)
Hazel Shinholster (sister)
Walice Shinholster (brother)
Nettie Shinholster (sister)
Mary Shinholster (sister)
Nellie Shinholster (sister)

More information

Pfc Johnnie W. Shinholster enlisted at Fort McPerson Atlanta, Georgia on December 1942.

He was officially declared dead one day and one year after he was reported missing in action.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlisted Record, www.ancestry.com - 1930 Census / WWII Draft Card

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, Bruce Harper