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Personal info

Full name
SHUBIRG, George
Date of birth
17 January 1914
Age
30
Place of birth
South Pittsburg, Marion County, Tennessee
Hometown
Newark, Licking County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
35218330
Rank
Corporal
Function
unknown
Unit
274th Armored Field Artillery Battalion
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
16 November 1944
Place of death
France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
G 8 18

Immediate family

Members
Grover W. Shubirg (father)
Elizabeth A. (Hookey) Shubirg (mother)
Charles C. Shubirg (brother)
Dorothy M. Shubirg (sister)
Gerald Shubirg (brother)
Ruth E. (Conden) Shubirg (wife)
Nancy E. Shubirg (daughter)

More information

Cpl George Shubirg attended high school for four years and was employed by the Owens Corning Fiberglass Corporation before he enlisted in Columbus, Ohio on 22 April 1943. He was sent overseas in July 1944.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Limey, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com - Dean & Janet Boyer (niece), www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Ake Family Tree, www.findagrave.com - WWII History Fan, www.newspapers.com - The Newark Advocate - 5 December 1944 / 13 December 1944

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Beth Laughery, www.newspapers.com - The Newark Advocate - 13 December 1944