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Sergeant Claude F Shipley

Name Claude F Shipley
Rank Sergeant
Army Serial # 36739232
State Illinois
Date of death 1945-01-12
Plot, Row, Grave H, 4, 4
Cemetery Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery, Henri-Chapelle, Belgium, Google Maps
Unit E Company, 331st Infantry Regiment, 83rd Infantry Division
Awards Purple Heart
Remarks Sergeant Shipley was a member of E Company. The morning report for July 13, 1944 on page 15 lists him joining the unit from the 92nd Replacement Battalion on July 11, 1944 as a Private. The morning report for August 1, 1944 on page 2 list his promotion to Private First Class. The pages can be seen below.

Since we have no later documents we assume that Sergeant Shipley died while serving in E Company.
Documents - MR E Co, 331st IR, July 13, 1944
- MR E Co, 331st IR, August 1, 1944
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