Paul Eugene Shiley was the eldest of seven children.
He was born June 3, 1922, in Wiconisco, Pennsylvania, to Lester Shiley, a coal miner, and Minnie Shiley, a homemaker.
As with most families during the Depression, times were tough for the Shileys. Lester Shiley worked 30 weeks in 1939 and earned $450 to support a household of nine.
Paul Eugene enlisted in the Navy on Oct. 16, 1940, and was a seaman 1st class on the U.S.S. Arizona when he was killed in the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Dec. 7, 1941.
Sources:The Evening News of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania; Census: Navy muster roll; Commonwealth of Pennsylvania World War II Veterans' Compensation Bureau. This profile was researched and written on behalf of the U.S.S. Arizona Mall Memorial at the University of Arizona.
Contributor: USS Arizona Mall Memorial at University of Arizona (50022871)
He was born June 3, 1922, in Wiconisco, Pennsylvania, to Lester Shiley, a coal miner, and Minnie Shiley, a homemaker.
As with most families during the Depression, times were tough for the Shileys. Lester Shiley worked 30 weeks in 1939 and earned $450 to support a household of nine.
Paul Eugene enlisted in the Navy on Oct. 16, 1940, and was a seaman 1st class on the U.S.S. Arizona when he was killed in the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Dec. 7, 1941.
Sources:The Evening News of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania; Census: Navy muster roll; Commonwealth of Pennsylvania World War II Veterans' Compensation Bureau. This profile was researched and written on behalf of the U.S.S. Arizona Mall Memorial at the University of Arizona.
Contributor: USS Arizona Mall Memorial at University of Arizona (50022871)
Paul Eugene Shiley was the eldest of seven children.
He was born June 3, 1922, in Wiconisco, Pennsylvania, to Lester Shiley, a coal miner, and Minnie Shiley, a homemaker.
As with most families during the Depression, times were tough for the Shileys. Lester Shiley worked 30 weeks in 1939 and earned $450 to support a household of nine.
Paul Eugene enlisted in the Navy on Oct. 16, 1940, and was a seaman 1st class on the U.S.S. Arizona when he was killed in the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Dec. 7, 1941.
Sources:The Evening News of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania; Census: Navy muster roll; Commonwealth of Pennsylvania World War II Veterans' Compensation Bureau. This profile was researched and written on behalf of the U.S.S. Arizona Mall Memorial at the University of Arizona.
Contributor: USS Arizona Mall Memorial at University of Arizona (50022871)
He was born June 3, 1922, in Wiconisco, Pennsylvania, to Lester Shiley, a coal miner, and Minnie Shiley, a homemaker.
As with most families during the Depression, times were tough for the Shileys. Lester Shiley worked 30 weeks in 1939 and earned $450 to support a household of nine.
Paul Eugene enlisted in the Navy on Oct. 16, 1940, and was a seaman 1st class on the U.S.S. Arizona when he was killed in the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Dec. 7, 1941.
Sources:The Evening News of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania; Census: Navy muster roll; Commonwealth of Pennsylvania World War II Veterans' Compensation Bureau. This profile was researched and written on behalf of the U.S.S. Arizona Mall Memorial at the University of Arizona.
Contributor: USS Arizona Mall Memorial at University of Arizona (50022871)
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Entered the service from Pennsylvania.
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Records on Ancestry
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1930 United States Federal Census
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1940 United States Federal Census
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U.S., World War II and Korean Conflict Veterans Interred Overseas
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Pennsylvania, U.S., Newspapers.com™ Stories and Events Index, 1800's-current
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Pennsylvania, U.S., Veteran Compensation Application Files, WWII, 1950-1966
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