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Personal info

Full name
SHOTWELL, Gordon Stewart
Date of birth
11 October 1914
Age
30
Place of birth
Omaha, Douglas County, Nebraska
Hometown
Douglas County, Nebraska

Military service

Service number
O-343939
Rank
Captain
Function
unknown
Unit
HQ Company,
2nd Battalion,
507th Parachute Infantry Regiment,
17th Airborne Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
24 March 1945
Place of death
Drop Zone near Wesel, Germany during Operation Varsity
Wesel, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
C 11 11

Immediate family

Members
Abel V. Shotwell (father)
Hilda E. (Condron) Shotwell (mother)
Ruth V. Shotwell (sister)
Hudson B. Shotwell (brother)
Anabel Shotwell (sister)
Leah (Carlsen) Shotwell (wife)
Sally Shotwell (daughter)

More information

Capt Gordon S. Shotwell graduated from Creighton University Law School. He was an attorney and had been associated with his father's firm.

He joined the Army in August 1940 and volunteered for the paratroopers in the spring of 1943. He was sent overseas in June 1944.

Source of information: FOHF, www.abmc.gov, www.ancestry.com - Lewis Family Tree / The Nebraska State Journal - 6 April 1945, http://www.ww2-airborne.us/units/507/507_honor_off.html, The Lincoln Star

Photo source: Tom Verheijden, The Nebraska State Journal - 6 April 1945, www.findagrave.com - Loren Bender