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Personal info

Full name
SHEFFIELD, Willie Henry
Date of birth
18 January 1918
Age
26
Place of birth
San Augustine County, Texas
Hometown
San Augustine. San Augustine County, Texas

Military service

Service number
38051433
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
142nd Infantry Regiment,
36th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
21 September 1944
Place of death
Remiremont, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 34 30

Immediate family

Members
Julius H. Sheffield (father)
Agnes A. (Marshall) Sheffield (mother)
Roy K. Sheffield (brother)
George S. Sheffield (brother)
Preston J. Sheffield (brother)
Sam O. Sheffield (brother)
Dewey A. Sheffield (brother)
Mary L. Sheffield (sister)
Carl E. Sheffield (brother)

More information

Pfc Willie H. Sheffield was employed at the Civilian Conservation Corp before he enlisted in Houston, Texas on 28 January 1941.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Saint-Juan, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, https://texasmilitaryforcesmuseum.org/, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / WWII Draft Cards Young Men / WWII Hospital Admission Card Files / Sheffield Family Tree, www.findagrave.com – James Durham

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Andy