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Personal info

Full name
SHEWCRAFT, Herman Carter
Date of birth
6 October 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Crittenden County, Kentucky
Hometown
Fredonia, Crittenden County, Kentucky

Military service

Service number
35815761
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
I Company,
3rd Battalion,
71st Infantry Regiment,
44th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
29 April 1945
Place of death
Near Reutie, Austria

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
E 21 34

Immediate family

Members
Willis S. Shewcraft (father)
Grace (Ladd) Shewcraft (mother)
William P. Shewcraft (brother)

More information

Pfc Herman C. Shewcraft worked on his father's farm before he enlisted in Louisville, Kentucky on 27 July 1944.

He was killed by small arms fire in his face.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com - A Grateful American, 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 Files, www.findagrave.com - Brenda Travis Underdown
Photo source: www.ancestry.com - ipc