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Personal info

Full name
SHOTTS, Lynn Allen
Date of birth
28 January 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Maywood, Marion County, Indiana
Hometown
Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana

Military service

Service number
35146393
Rank
Corporal
Function
unknown
Unit
112th Infantry Regiment,
28th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
17 September 1944
Place of death
Near Wettlingen, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
A 2 6

Immediate family

Members
Arthur F. Shotts (father)
May E. (Gibson) Shotts (mother)
William F. Shotts (brother)
Hazel M. Shotts (sister)
Edward A. Shotts (brother)
Dorothy M. Shotts (sister)
Shirley J. Shotts (sister)
Betty E. Shotts (wife)

More information

Cpl Lynn A. Shotts graduated from George Washington High School before he enlisted in Indianapolis, Indiana on 12 June 1943.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, www.findagrave.com, www.newspapers.com - The Indianapolis News 14 October 1944
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Luxembourg American Cemetery, www.newspapers.com - The Indianapolis News 14 October 1944