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Personal info

Full name
SHAVEY, Orville Glenn
Date of birth
15 July 1920
Age
24
Place of birth
Manhattan Beach, Los Angeles County, California
Hometown
Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz County, California

Military service

Service number
39130919
Rank
Private First Class
Function
Light Mortar Crewman
Unit
K Company,
3rd Battalion,
115th Infantry Regiment,
29th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
17 September 1944
Place of death
Brest, in the vicinity of the submarine pens, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
Plot Row Grave
C 30 21

Immediate family

Members
Grover G. Shavey (father)
Agnes F. (Collard) Shavey (Mother)
Dorothy Shavey (sister)
Leroy L. Shavey (brother)
Lucy J. Shavey (sister)
Marjorie (Ely) Shavey (wife)

More information

Pfc Orville Shavey attended the University of California, College of Agriculture for one year.

He enlisted on 13 April 1943 at San Francisco, California. He joined his unit from a replacement depot on 29 August 1944.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com – 09/08/08 Family Tree

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.ancestry.com - Robert York