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Personal info

Full name
SHOEMAKER, William Shute
Date of birth
7 March 1921
Age
23
Place of birth
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
O-514810
Rank
Second Lieutenant
Function
unknown
Unit
I Company,
3rd Battalion,
501st Parachute Infantry Regiment,
101st Airborne Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
15 January 1945
Place of death
Near Bastogne, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
E 9 40

Immediate family

Members
Charles C. Shoemaker (father)
Luretta H. (Shute) Shoemaker (mother)

More information

2nd Lt William S. Shoemaker was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Grand Failly, France.

He is remembered at Eglington Cemetery in Clarksboro, Gloucester County, New Jersey with a memorial marker.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930 Census, http://www.ww2-airborne.us
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Luxembourg American Cemetery / Daisy B