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Personal info

Full name
SHAW, Harold
Date of birth
11 February 1917
Age
27
Place of birth
Mount Holly, Warren County, Ohio
Hometown
Xenia, Greene County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
35451714
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
314th Infantry Regiment,
79th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
9 December 1944
Place of death
Niederschaffolsheim, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
B 22 35

Immediate family

Members
Roy W. Shaw (father)
Jessie I (lucas) Shaw (mother)
Chester A. Shaw (brother)
Velva J. Shaw (sister)
Dorothy M. Shaw (sister)
Calvin C. Shaw (brother)
Jessie M. Shaw (sister)
Harry L. Shaw (brother)
Carmel Shaw (wife)

More information

Pfc Harold Shaw worked on a farm before he enlisted in Cincinnati, Ohio on 14 April 1941. He was sent overseas in March 1944.

He died by an injury recieved on 29 November 1944 of small arms fire to his intestines.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Hochfelden, France.

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 / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card, Combat History 314th Infantry Regiment / www.findagrave.com - Frogman / www.newspapers.com - Dayton Daily News - 28 December 1944
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