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Personal info

Full name
SHAUM, David Fay
Date of birth
12 May 1910
Age
34
Place of birth
Union City, Elkhart County, Indiana
Hometown
Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana

Military service

Service number
35367083
Rank
Corporal
Function
unknown
Unit
H Company,
2nd Battalion,
134th Infantry Regiment,
35th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
10 November 1944
Place of death
Gerbécourt, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
G 17 36

Immediate family

Members
Amos Shaum (father)
Daisy S. (Fay) Shaum (mother)
Danson A. Shaum (brother)
Katherine D. Shaum (wife)

More information

Cpl Shaum graduated from the Nappanee High School. He formerly was employed by the Allison division of General Motors.

His wife was a Private in the Women's Army Corp, serving in New York City, at the time of his death.

Cpl David F. Shaum was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Limey, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Kathy McDermott, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Indiana Birth Certificates / 1920 Census, After Action Report 35th Infantry Division
Photo source: www.newspapers.com - The Indianapolis News 8 December 1944, www.ancestry.com - U.S. School Yearbooks Nappanee Indiana, The Indianapolis Times - 7 December 1944