US PARAS Shankles, Willis Grant

[Craig Robertson]

• SURNAME

Shankles​

• FORENAME

Willis Grant​

• UNIT

503rd Parachute Infantry Regiment (Company H)​

• RANK

Private First Class​

• NUMBER

34732425​

• DATE OF DEATH

19th February 1945​

• AGE

20​

• GRAVESITE

Lynnhurst Cemetery, Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

resided Knox County, Tennessee​

born 17.09.1924 Fort Payne, Alabama, USA​

father Joseph Grant Shankles (1901-1975)​

mother Effie Melinda (nee Lyons) Shankles (1898-1975)​

grammar school education​

civil occupation semiskilled occupations in manufacture of knit goods​

employed by Lute Lindsay, Holstong Manufacturing Company, 9th Street, Knoxville, Tennessee​

resided Middlebrook Pike, Route 7, Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee (draft card)​

21.12.1942 draft card Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee​

single without dependents upon enlistment​

04.05.1943 entered service Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia​

KIA Corregidor Island, Philippines​

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