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Personal info

Full name
SHEPARD, Raymond Ramson
Date of birth
28 October 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
Clarksville, Clark County, Indiana
Hometown
Jeffersonville, Clark County, Indiana

Military service

Service number
35702137
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
142nd Infantry Regiment,
36th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
30 November 1944
Place of death
Kintzheim, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 43 3

Immediate family

Members
Miles H. Shepard (father)
Minnie F. (Long) Shepard (mother)
Myrtle V. Shepard (sister)
Miles E. Shepard (brother)
George A. Shepard (brother)

More information

Pvt Raymond R. Shepard was a welder and flame cutter before he enlisted in Louisville, Kentucky on 21 April 1943.

He was killed by small arms fire in his back.

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, www.findagrave.com – Albert Ledoux

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy