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Personal info

Full name
SHULL, Elmer J
Date of birth
4 August 1918
Age
26
Place of birth
Carter County, Tennessee
Hometown
Elizabethon, Carter County, Tennessee

Military service

Service number
34884793
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
7th Infantry Regiment,
3rd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
13 September 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Noroy-le-Bourg, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 27 34

Immediate family

Members
John Shull (father)
Pearl (Taylor) Shull (mother)
Rowena Shull (sister)
Bill Shull (brother)
Carl Shull (brother)
Mattie A. Shull (sister)
R.V. (Hoss) Shull (wife)
Patricia A. Shull (daughter)

More information

Pfc Elmer J. Shull attended high school for four years and was a rade apprentice, employed by the North American Rayon Co.

He enlisted at Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia on 8 September 1943.

He was killed by small arms fire.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census / U.S. Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. Draft Cards Young Men / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Cards, History 3rd Infantry Division WWII
Photo source: www.findagrave - Andy / Joann Ramsey