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Personal info

Full name
SHELTON, William Franklin
Date of birth
2 December 1907
Age
36
Place of birth
Kenova, Wayne County, West Virginia
Hometown
Huntington, Cabell County, West Virginia

Military service

Service number
35772383
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
314th Infantry Regiment,
79th Infantry Division
Awards
Silver Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died non-Battle
Date of death
29 October 1944
Place of death
Lunéville, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 19 26

Immediate family

Members
William R. Shelton (father)
Kathern (Hart) Shelton (mother)
Maude Shelton (sister)
John H. Shelton (brother)
James E. Shelton (brother)
Marie Shelton (sister)
Jessie H. (Coryell) Shelton (wife)
William D. Shelton (son)

More information

Sgt William F. Shelton attended high school for two years and was employed at the C. and O. Railroad before he enlisted in Huntington, West Virginia on 16 August 1943.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / 1940 Census, Combat History 314th Infantry Regiment, www.findagrave.com - Shane Sverdloff
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy