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Personal info

Full name
SHEARING, Walter Woodbury
Date of birth
9 March 1918
Age
27
Place of birth
Gainesville, Wyoming County, New York
Hometown
Gainesville, Wyoming County, New York

Military service

Service number
32251881
Rank
Technical Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
M Company,
3rd Battalion,
324th Infantry Regiment,
44th Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star with Oak Leaf Cluster,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
17 April 1945
Place of death
Near Ehingen, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
D 20 37

Immediate family

Members
Herbert J. Shearing (father)
Zaida L. (Nesmith) Shearing (mother)
Dorothy A. Shearing (sister)
Donald H. Shearing (brother)
Arthur N. Shearing (brother)
Robert C. Shearing (brother)
Mildred A. Shearing (sister)

More information

T/Sgt Walter W. Shearing was a fireman before he enlisted in March 1942. He was sent overseas in September 1944.

He is also remembered at the Maple Grove Cemetery in Gainesville, Wyoming County, New York.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, www.findagrave.com - M Mann Clerk
Photo source: www.ancestry.com - Bethanylmarsh, www.findagrave.com - Keri S