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Personal info

Full name
SHIRLEY, John Henry
Date of birth
5 January 1924
Age
21
Place of birth
Tifton, Tift County, Georgia
Hometown
Laurens County, Georgia

Military service

Service number
34767093
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
C Company,
1st Battalion,
501st Parachute Infantry Regiment,
101st Airborne Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

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

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
I 7 12

Immediate family

Members
Joe L. Shirley (father)
Mattie Y. Shirley (mother)
James A. Shirley (brother)
Albert Shirley (brother)
Juanita Shirley (sister)
Corene G. Shirley (wife)
Billy G. Shirley (son)

More information

Pfc John H. Shirley enlisted in Fort McPherson Atlanta, Georgia on 7 April 1943.

He worked on a farm before he enlisted.

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

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.findagrave.com - Thomaston Upson Archives, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record, http://www.ww2-airborne.us
Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.findagrave.com - Thomaston Upson Archives