William Alger Jr SHAW
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NUMBER OF SERVICE | 19119751 | |||||||
AGE | 22 yo | |||||||
DATE OF BIRTH | 21 April 1922 | |||||||
ETAT | Washoe County NEVADA | |||||||
FAMILY | Parent: Willaim A & Ruth L SHAW | |||||||
RANK | Private | |||||||
FONCTION | Doctor | |||||||
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DATE of ENLISTEMENT | 27 july 1942 Reno NEVADA | |||||||
DETACHMENT | Medical Detachment | |||||||
REGIMENT | 262th Infantry Regiment | |||||||
DIVISION | 66th Infantry Division | |||||||
DATE OF DEATH | 24 December 1944 | |||||||
STATUS | MIA | |||||||
PLACE OF DEATH | Aboard in USS Léopoldville, In Manche(Channel), off Cherbourg | |||||||
CEMETERY | NORMANDY AMERICAN CEMETERY from Colleville Map Normandy American Cemetery | |||||||
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STORY | ||||||||
William is the eldest of 3 children. William's family lived in Elko, Nevada. His father was a doctor. He joined the Army in March 1942 as a doctor.
He and his father loved to go camp so as to go hunting and fishing at Tahoe Lake. When William was ten, the Shaws moved to New York, on Staten Island. Then they moved to Europe going through Hungary, Spain and Vienna. After the 1929 stock market crash, the Shaws get back to the Untited States, they had lost all their savings Back in Reno, William's father opens a hospital. At the university, William studies embryology, bacteriology and psychopathology. William went by Camp Rucker before he left for England.
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Arrived on November 26th, 1944 in England, the division polishes up its training until December 24th In the daytime of the departure and the crossing towards France and Normandy. The division embarks on two ships of which the SS Leopoldville which receives 262th and 264th regiment Infantry and leaves Southampton in training(formation) accompanied with four escort ships. Arrived unless 5 miles from Cherbourg, a German submarine U-Boat 486 is in ambush and sends a torpedo to the ship. He is touched on the starboard beam before. 802 soldiers over the 2235 which he(it) transported are killed in this drama. Leopoldville is marine cemetery today. |
INFORMATION SOURCE | Clive TIRLEMONT - Leopoldville.org - Aad.archives.gov |
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PICTURE SOURCE | Frédéric LAVERNHE - Leopoldville.org |
PROGRAMMER | Frédéric & Renaud |
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