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PFC Archie Hendricks Shelton

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PFC Archie Hendricks Shelton

Birth
Eskdale, Kanawha County, West Virginia, USA
Death
25 Jul 1945 (aged 25)
Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolis, Japan
Burial
Saint Albans, Kanawha County, West Virginia, USA Add to Map
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Service Set Sunday For Pfc. A. H. Shelton

Service will be at 2 p.m. Sunday in St. Mark's Episcopal church, St. Albans, for Pfc. Archie H. Shelton, 28, of the Marine Corps, who was killed July 25, 1945, in a bombing raid on a Japanese Prison camp at Tokoyo. Rev. William Bowie, assisted by Rev. A. P. Wallace, will officiate and interment will be in Cunningham Memorial park, St. Albans. The West Virginia Military District will conduct military rites at the graveside. The body will arrive today at Bartlett mortuary in St. Albans. Pfc. Shelton was attached to the 4th Marine Div., of the Manila bay area, and was a prisoner of war of the Japanese when he was killed. Surviving are his parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. R. Shelton, 807 Highland Ter., St. Albans; a brother, Edward R. Shelton, jr., Texas City, Tex., and a sister, Mrs. James M. Poindexter, Charleston. (The Charleston Gazette, Charleston, WV, Friday, Oct. 29, 1948, p. 34, Col. 4)
Service Set Sunday For Pfc. A. H. Shelton

Service will be at 2 p.m. Sunday in St. Mark's Episcopal church, St. Albans, for Pfc. Archie H. Shelton, 28, of the Marine Corps, who was killed July 25, 1945, in a bombing raid on a Japanese Prison camp at Tokoyo. Rev. William Bowie, assisted by Rev. A. P. Wallace, will officiate and interment will be in Cunningham Memorial park, St. Albans. The West Virginia Military District will conduct military rites at the graveside. The body will arrive today at Bartlett mortuary in St. Albans. Pfc. Shelton was attached to the 4th Marine Div., of the Manila bay area, and was a prisoner of war of the Japanese when he was killed. Surviving are his parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. R. Shelton, 807 Highland Ter., St. Albans; a brother, Edward R. Shelton, jr., Texas City, Tex., and a sister, Mrs. James M. Poindexter, Charleston. (The Charleston Gazette, Charleston, WV, Friday, Oct. 29, 1948, p. 34, Col. 4)


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