PVT. JAY D. SHELLABARGER
Relatives at Grandview learned that Pvt. Jay D. Shellabarger had been killed in action in Germany on Oct.17, 1944, following a first report that he had been missing in action to his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Perry Shellabarger, now of Rock Island.
Source: Year End Review Edition - Muscatine Journal & News Tribune - December 29, 1944
Jay Donald Shellabarger was born May 5, 1908 to Perry and Beulah Stineman Shellabarger. He died Oct. 7, 1944 and is buried in Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery, Hombourg, Belgium.
Pvt. Shellabarger served in World War II with the U.S. Army 60th Infantry Regiment, 9th Infantry Division and was KIA and awarded the Purple Heart.
Source: ancestry.com; abmc.gov
