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Personal info

Full name
VITATOE, Shannon
Date of birth
1912
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Tennessee
Hometown
Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
35736087
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
10th Infantry Regiment,
5th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
11 November 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Pommérieux, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
K 29 16

Immediate family

Members
Sciotha Vitatoe (wife)

More information

Pfc. Shannon Vitatoe enlisted at Ft. Benjamin Harrison, Indiana on 12 November 1943.

He worked in a machineshop before he enlisted.

He was first buried in the U.S. Temporary Cemetery Limey, Toul, France.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record 1942-1949, A footsoldier for Patton / Michael C. Bilder James G. Bilder, The 5th Infantry Division in the ETO

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Damaris Acevedo