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Personal info

Full name
SHAW, Elias Fenimore
Date of birth
3 November 1921
Age
23
Place of birth
Scituate, Providence County, Rhode Island
Hometown
Foster, Providence County, Rhode Island

Military service

Service number
31290738
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
359th Infantry Regiment,
90th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
30 April 1945
Place of death
Capartice, Czechoslavakia

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
A 34 11

Immediate family

Members
William Shaw (father)
Minnie L. (Alexander) Shaw (mother)
Margaret L. Shaw (sister)
Lydia A. Shaw (sister)
Vera F. Shaw (sister)
William Shaw Jr. (brother)
Mary E. Shaw (sister)
Mildred E. Shaw (sister)
Elizabeth M. Shaw (sister)
Alice M. Shaw (sister)
John T. Shaw (brother)
Ralph R. Shaw (brother)

More information

Pfc Elias F. Shaw enlisted in Providence, Rhode Island on 13 February 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 / LeMaire Family Tree / 1930 Census

Photo source: www.ancestry.com – Jason LeMaire