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Personal info

Full name
SHEARIN, Latt Harris
Date of birth
2 August 1915
Age
29
Place of birth
Halifax County, North Carolina
Hometown
Roanoke Rapids, Halifax County, North Carolina

Military service

Service number
34964792
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
H Company,
2nd Battalion,
345th Infantry Regiment,
87th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Finding of Death
Date of death
17 December 1944
Place of death
West of Medelsheim, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 20 27

Immediate family

Members
Latt H. Shearin (father)
Betty L. (Cullom) Shearin (mother)
Aleen Shearin (sister)
James W. Shearin (brother)
Louis I. Shearin (brother)
Edna U. Shearin (sister)
David L. Shearin (brother)
Dorothy D. (Askew) Shearin (wife)

More information

Pfc Latt H. Shearin attended high school for 1 year before he enlisted at Fort Bragg, North Carolina on 23 March 1944.

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 / Shearon Family Tree, http://87thinfantrydivision.com
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