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Personal info

Full name
SHEARER, Vernon Frank
Date of birth
5 October 1922
Age
22
Place of birth
Worthington, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Armstrong County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33709607
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
51st Armored Infantry Battalion,
4th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
25 November 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Postroff, Wolfskirchen or Niederstinzel, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
B 17 4

Immediate family

Members
Albert H. Shearer (father)
Bessie A. (Ruffaner) Shearer (mother)
Anna B. Shearer (sister)
John Shearer (brother)
Dorris Shearer (sister)
Albert Shearer (brother)
Melda M. Shearer (sister)
Richard Shearer (brother)
Alton Shearer (brother)
Eyvette Shearer (brother)
Robert Shearer (brother)
Kenneth C. Shearer (brother)
Elsie G. (Erickson) Shearer (wife)
Linnea F. Shearer (daughter)

More information

Pvt Vernon F. Shearer enlisted in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on 22 November 1943.

He was married to Elsie Greta Erickson on 18 April 1942.

He was initially buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Limey, France.

Source of information: André Koch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / Pennsylvania, Veteran Compensation Application Files, WWII, 1950-1966, AAR 51st AIB August 44 thru May 1945

Photo source: Colleen Keenan