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Personal info

Full name
SHAW, William Mitchell Jr
Date of birth
27 September 1921
Age
22
Place of birth
Wilmington, New Hanover County, Noth Carolina
Hometown
Fayetteville, Cumberland County, North Carolina

Military service

Service number
14116659
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
10th Infantry Regiment,
5th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
12 September 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Arnaville, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 21 25

Immediate family

Members
William M. Shaw Sr. (father)
Mary H. (Martin) Shaw (mother)
Helen M. Shaw (sister)
Harry F. Shaw (brother)
Gillie D. Shaw (sister)

More information

Pfc William M. Shaw Jr. graduated from Fayetteville High School and attended Davidson College for one year.

He worked as a bookkeeper in a bank before he enlisted.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Cemetery of St James, France.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.ancestry.com – 1930 – 1940 Census / U.S.School Yearbooks / U.S. Headstone and Interment Record / Headstone and Interment Record, A footsoldier for Patton / Michael C. Bilder James G. Bilder, The 5th Infantry division in the ETO, www.findagrave.com, www.joedemadio.com

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Doc Wilson , www.ancestry.com – U.S. Schoolyearbooks / Fayetteville High School Yearbook 1945