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Personal info

Full name
NORTON, Shelby Cooper
Date of birth
24 June 1920
Age
24
Place of birth
Rockcastle County, Kentucky
Hometown
Rockcastle County, Kentucky

Military service

Service number
35670694
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
D Company,
2nd Battalion,
506th Parachute Infantry Regiment,
101st Airborne Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
16 January 1945
Place of death
Near Noville, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
E 8 37

Immediate family

Members
Cossie D. Norton (father)
Ollie (Gabbard) Norton (mother)
Naomi L. (King) Norton (wife)
Jesse D. Norton (son)

More information

Pfc Shelby C. Norton worked on a farm before he enlisted in Cincinnati, Ohio on 6 November 1942.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Grand Failly, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Norton Family Tree, http://www.ww2-airborne.us

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Luxembourg American Cemetery, www.ancestry.com – Tammy Norton