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<span class=prefix>Pvt.</span> James Lang Shoesmith

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Pvt. James Lang Shoesmith Veteran

Birth
Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware, USA
Death
27 Feb 1944 (aged 25)
Italy
Burial
Nettuno, Città Metropolitana di Roma Capitale, Lazio, Italy Add to Map
Plot
Section E ~ Row 3 ~ Grave 4
Memorial ID
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James, who resided in Wilmington, Delaware, served as a Private, Battery B, 27th Field Artillery Battalion, 1st Armored Division, U.S. Army during World War II.

He enlisted in the Army on October 24, 1941, prior to the war, at Fort Dix, New Jersey. He was noted as being employed in the manufacture of textiles and also as being Single, without dependents.

He was "Killed In Action" in Italy during the war.

He had served in the Army for three years and five months at the time of his death and was decorated with a Purple Heart.

Service # 32186560

Son of Albert Shoesmith and Bertha Lang Shoesmith.

( Bio & Family Links by: Russ Pickett )

( Burial found by: ShaneO )
James, who resided in Wilmington, Delaware, served as a Private, Battery B, 27th Field Artillery Battalion, 1st Armored Division, U.S. Army during World War II.

He enlisted in the Army on October 24, 1941, prior to the war, at Fort Dix, New Jersey. He was noted as being employed in the manufacture of textiles and also as being Single, without dependents.

He was "Killed In Action" in Italy during the war.

He had served in the Army for three years and five months at the time of his death and was decorated with a Purple Heart.

Service # 32186560

Son of Albert Shoesmith and Bertha Lang Shoesmith.

( Bio & Family Links by: Russ Pickett )

( Burial found by: ShaneO )


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  • Created by: Russ Pickett
  • Added: Oct 7, 2010
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/59714450/james_lang-shoesmith: accessed ), memorial page for Pvt. James Lang Shoesmith (4 Sep 1918–27 Feb 1944), Find a Grave Memorial ID 59714450, citing Sicily-Rome American Cemetery and Memorial, Nettuno, Città Metropolitana di Roma Capitale, Lazio, Italy; Maintained by Russ Pickett (contributor 46575736).