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Personal info

Full name
SHONG, Calvin Wilson
Date of birth
15 January 1913
Age
32
Place of birth
Newburg, Bottineau County, North Dakota
Hometown
Worcester County, Massachusetts

Military service

Service number
31433327
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
B Company,
1st Battalion,
347th Infantry Regiment,
87th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
28 March 1945
Place of death
Rhens, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
A 8 51

Immediate family

Members
Charles F. Shong (father)
Ottillea E. (Welke) Shong (mother)
John M. Shong (brother)
Clara W. Shong (sister)
Leonard A. Shong (brother)
Mary O. Shong (sister)
Roger A. Shong (brother)
Henry W. Shong (brother)
Arthur F. Shong (brother)
Lucille C. Shong (sister)
Ida M. Shong (sister)
Charles F. Shong (brother)
Howard F. Shong (brother)
Harold A. Shong (brother)
William A. Shong (brother)
Caroline B. Shong (sister)
Robert A. Shong (brother)
Lyle S. Shong (brother)
Irene M. Shong (wife)

More information

Pvt Calvin W. Shong was a blacksmith at the Johnson Steel & Wire Mill before he enlisted in Boston, Massachusetts on 24 July 1944.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com - Leroy & Patricia Shong, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Hallberg Butryn Tree / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, http://87thinfantrydivision.com, www.findagrave.com
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Megjurk, www.ancestry.com - Cheryl Grohn