Military Involvement
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John Baldwin Shafer was born May 7, 1900 to Edward Jacob and Minnie Conner Shafer. He died Sept. 28, 1950 and is buried in Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Mount Pleasant, IA.
Cpl. Shafer served with the U.S. Army Air Corps in World War II.
Source: ancestry.com
Leonidus Shaffer Shahan was born Mar. 10, 1927 to Leonidus Garfield and Nona Elnora Shaffer Shahan. He died Apr. 19, 2008 and is buried in Winfield Scott Township Cemetery, Winfield, IA.
Leonidus served in World War II with the U.S. Army.
Source: ancestry.com
Paul Frederick Sharpe was born in 1911 to Stephen Fred and Minnie Ellen Harnish Sharpe. He died June 7, 1945 and is buried in Manila American Cemetery and has a cenotaph in LaPrairie United Presbyterian Cemetery, Sparland, IL.
Capt. Sharpe served in World War II with the U.S. Army as a Chaplain with the 1st Infantry Regiment, 6th Infantry Division.and died in the Philippine Islands of tropical fever.
Source: ancestry.com
Wilbur George Shirkey was born Mar. 30, 1926 to Clarence W. and Myrtle Mae Teller Shirkey. He died Dec. 18, 1950 and is buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Fairfield, IA.
Pvt. Shirkey served with the U.S. Army in World War II.
Source: ancestry.com
ServiceMen Research done by WWII Researcher, Pat Holt Juon, Sep 2020; updated Nov 2023