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Personal info

Full name
WHITESHIELD, Jack M
Date of birth
12 June 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Calumet, Canadian County, Oklahoma
Hometown
Blaine County, Oklahoma
Ethnicity
Native American

Military service

Service number
38407906
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
513th Parachute Infantry Regiment,
17th Airborne Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
2 February 1945
Place of death
Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
C 5 23

Immediate family

Members
Raymond Whiteshield Sr. (father)
Rose Whiteshield (mother)
Rudy Whiteshield (brother)
Harvey Whiteshield (brother)
Robert Whiteshield (brother)
Raymond Whiteshield Jr. (brother)
Amelia Whiteshield (sister)

More information

Pfc Jack M. Whiteshield enlisted on 17 July 1943.

He was a member of the Cheyenne tribe.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Carla Mans, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930 Census, http://www.ww2-airborne.us

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Luxembourg American Cemetery