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Personal info

Full name
SHINAULT, William Robert
Date of birth
15 September 1919
Age
25
Place of birth
Hornersville, Dunklin County, Missouri
Hometown
Tyronza, Poinsett County, Arkansas

Military service

Service number
38208435
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
313th Infantry Regiment,
79th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
24 October 1944
Place of death
Near Remoncourt, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 24 69

Immediate family

Members
Louis M. Shinault (father)
Annie A. (Spears) Shinault (mother)
Genolia Shinault (sister)
Lola A. Shinault (sister)
Louis M. Shinault (brother)
Irene S. Shinault (sister)
Sally F. (Akin) Shinault (wife)
Willis T. Shinault (son)

More information

Pfc William R. Shinault worked on a farm before he enlisted at Little Rock, Arkansas on 13 July 1942.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments to his spine and trunk.

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 / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Cards, Combat History 79th Infantry Division, www.findagrave.com - Victor E. Everhaer PhD
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy, www.ancestry.com - William Gray