Sunday Reburial For Robert Lee Shipman
Funeral rites for Robert Lee Shipman, gunner's mate, third class, whose body arrived Thursday in Stilwell, were held Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the Roberts Funeral Home, with Rev. Leonard Stewart, Baptist minister, officiating. Burial was in New Hope cemetery. Born June 7, 1921, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Elvis Shipman of Ellinwood, Kan., he was 24 years, one month and 28 days of age when he met his death in action August 5, 1945, on Peleau Island. Other than his parents he is survived by two sisters, Mrs. Halean Myer of Hondo, Texas, and Mrs. Clifford Kendall of Olathe, Kas.; three brothers Elza, George and Jack all of Ellinwood, and his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Batie Vick of Covington. (Stilwell Democrat-Journal, Stilwell, OK, Thursday, October 28, 1948, p, 1, Col. 6)
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Service No. #6707526
Enlistment Date: 08/19/1942
U.S.S. Indianapolis (CA-35)
U.S., World War II Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard Casualties, 1941-1945, lists his Next of Kin's Home of Record as Parents: Mr. and Mrs. Elvis Allen Shipman, General Delivery; Ellinwood, Kansas.
U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947, lists his residence as R #3, Stilwell, Oklahoma. Contact person is Dessa Shipman of same address. Self-employed.
Information below gleaned from: https://www.wwiimemorial.com/Registry/plaque.aspx?honoreeID=2321612
HONORED BY
Stephen Savage
SERVED AS A GUNNER'S MATE 3RD CLASS ABOARD THE CRUISER USS INDIANAPOLIS CA-35. AFTER DELIVERING THE COMPONENTS FOR THE ATOMIC BOMB TO TINIAN ISLAND, HIS SHIP WAS TORPEDOED AND SUNK JULY 30, 1945. HE WAS RESCUED AFTER 5 NIGHTS AND 4 DAYS AT SEA BUT LATER DIED ON THE ISLAND OF PELELIU. HE WAS AMONG 880 CREWMEN THAT PERISHED FROM THE USS INDIANAPOLIS.
***I would like to thank mokennehan Find A Grave ID 47119719 for creating this memorial and adding her obituary to it***
***I would like to thank R Burnett Find A Grave ID 47445819 for adding his gravesite photo to this memorial***
***I would like to thank K. White Find A Grave ID 47604138 for updating the place of birth/death locations and linking his parents to this memorial***
***I would like to thank Dan Sanford Find A Grave ID 50794590 for updating the death location and inscription on this memorial***
Funeral rites for Robert Lee Shipman, gunner's mate, third class, whose body arrived Thursday in Stilwell, were held Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the Roberts Funeral Home, with Rev. Leonard Stewart, Baptist minister, officiating. Burial was in New Hope cemetery. Born June 7, 1921, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Elvis Shipman of Ellinwood, Kan., he was 24 years, one month and 28 days of age when he met his death in action August 5, 1945, on Peleau Island. Other than his parents he is survived by two sisters, Mrs. Halean Myer of Hondo, Texas, and Mrs. Clifford Kendall of Olathe, Kas.; three brothers Elza, George and Jack all of Ellinwood, and his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Batie Vick of Covington. (Stilwell Democrat-Journal, Stilwell, OK, Thursday, October 28, 1948, p, 1, Col. 6)
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Service No. #6707526
Enlistment Date: 08/19/1942
U.S.S. Indianapolis (CA-35)
U.S., World War II Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard Casualties, 1941-1945, lists his Next of Kin's Home of Record as Parents: Mr. and Mrs. Elvis Allen Shipman, General Delivery; Ellinwood, Kansas.
U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947, lists his residence as R #3, Stilwell, Oklahoma. Contact person is Dessa Shipman of same address. Self-employed.
Information below gleaned from: https://www.wwiimemorial.com/Registry/plaque.aspx?honoreeID=2321612
HONORED BY
Stephen Savage
SERVED AS A GUNNER'S MATE 3RD CLASS ABOARD THE CRUISER USS INDIANAPOLIS CA-35. AFTER DELIVERING THE COMPONENTS FOR THE ATOMIC BOMB TO TINIAN ISLAND, HIS SHIP WAS TORPEDOED AND SUNK JULY 30, 1945. HE WAS RESCUED AFTER 5 NIGHTS AND 4 DAYS AT SEA BUT LATER DIED ON THE ISLAND OF PELELIU. HE WAS AMONG 880 CREWMEN THAT PERISHED FROM THE USS INDIANAPOLIS.
***I would like to thank mokennehan Find A Grave ID 47119719 for creating this memorial and adding her obituary to it***
***I would like to thank R Burnett Find A Grave ID 47445819 for adding his gravesite photo to this memorial***
***I would like to thank K. White Find A Grave ID 47604138 for updating the place of birth/death locations and linking his parents to this memorial***
***I would like to thank Dan Sanford Find A Grave ID 50794590 for updating the death location and inscription on this memorial***
Sunday Reburial For Robert Lee Shipman
Funeral rites for Robert Lee Shipman, gunner's mate, third class, whose body arrived Thursday in Stilwell, were held Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the Roberts Funeral Home, with Rev. Leonard Stewart, Baptist minister, officiating. Burial was in New Hope cemetery. Born June 7, 1921, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Elvis Shipman of Ellinwood, Kan., he was 24 years, one month and 28 days of age when he met his death in action August 5, 1945, on Peleau Island. Other than his parents he is survived by two sisters, Mrs. Halean Myer of Hondo, Texas, and Mrs. Clifford Kendall of Olathe, Kas.; three brothers Elza, George and Jack all of Ellinwood, and his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Batie Vick of Covington. (Stilwell Democrat-Journal, Stilwell, OK, Thursday, October 28, 1948, p, 1, Col. 6)
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Service No. #6707526
Enlistment Date: 08/19/1942
U.S.S. Indianapolis (CA-35)
U.S., World War II Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard Casualties, 1941-1945, lists his Next of Kin's Home of Record as Parents: Mr. and Mrs. Elvis Allen Shipman, General Delivery; Ellinwood, Kansas.
U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947, lists his residence as R #3, Stilwell, Oklahoma. Contact person is Dessa Shipman of same address. Self-employed.
Information below gleaned from: https://www.wwiimemorial.com/Registry/plaque.aspx?honoreeID=2321612
HONORED BY
Stephen Savage
SERVED AS A GUNNER'S MATE 3RD CLASS ABOARD THE CRUISER USS INDIANAPOLIS CA-35. AFTER DELIVERING THE COMPONENTS FOR THE ATOMIC BOMB TO TINIAN ISLAND, HIS SHIP WAS TORPEDOED AND SUNK JULY 30, 1945. HE WAS RESCUED AFTER 5 NIGHTS AND 4 DAYS AT SEA BUT LATER DIED ON THE ISLAND OF PELELIU. HE WAS AMONG 880 CREWMEN THAT PERISHED FROM THE USS INDIANAPOLIS.
***I would like to thank mokennehan Find A Grave ID 47119719 for creating this memorial and adding her obituary to it***
***I would like to thank R Burnett Find A Grave ID 47445819 for adding his gravesite photo to this memorial***
***I would like to thank K. White Find A Grave ID 47604138 for updating the place of birth/death locations and linking his parents to this memorial***
***I would like to thank Dan Sanford Find A Grave ID 50794590 for updating the death location and inscription on this memorial***
Funeral rites for Robert Lee Shipman, gunner's mate, third class, whose body arrived Thursday in Stilwell, were held Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the Roberts Funeral Home, with Rev. Leonard Stewart, Baptist minister, officiating. Burial was in New Hope cemetery. Born June 7, 1921, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Elvis Shipman of Ellinwood, Kan., he was 24 years, one month and 28 days of age when he met his death in action August 5, 1945, on Peleau Island. Other than his parents he is survived by two sisters, Mrs. Halean Myer of Hondo, Texas, and Mrs. Clifford Kendall of Olathe, Kas.; three brothers Elza, George and Jack all of Ellinwood, and his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Batie Vick of Covington. (Stilwell Democrat-Journal, Stilwell, OK, Thursday, October 28, 1948, p, 1, Col. 6)
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Service No. #6707526
Enlistment Date: 08/19/1942
U.S.S. Indianapolis (CA-35)
U.S., World War II Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard Casualties, 1941-1945, lists his Next of Kin's Home of Record as Parents: Mr. and Mrs. Elvis Allen Shipman, General Delivery; Ellinwood, Kansas.
U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947, lists his residence as R #3, Stilwell, Oklahoma. Contact person is Dessa Shipman of same address. Self-employed.
Information below gleaned from: https://www.wwiimemorial.com/Registry/plaque.aspx?honoreeID=2321612
HONORED BY
Stephen Savage
SERVED AS A GUNNER'S MATE 3RD CLASS ABOARD THE CRUISER USS INDIANAPOLIS CA-35. AFTER DELIVERING THE COMPONENTS FOR THE ATOMIC BOMB TO TINIAN ISLAND, HIS SHIP WAS TORPEDOED AND SUNK JULY 30, 1945. HE WAS RESCUED AFTER 5 NIGHTS AND 4 DAYS AT SEA BUT LATER DIED ON THE ISLAND OF PELELIU. HE WAS AMONG 880 CREWMEN THAT PERISHED FROM THE USS INDIANAPOLIS.
***I would like to thank mokennehan Find A Grave ID 47119719 for creating this memorial and adding her obituary to it***
***I would like to thank R Burnett Find A Grave ID 47445819 for adding his gravesite photo to this memorial***
***I would like to thank K. White Find A Grave ID 47604138 for updating the place of birth/death locations and linking his parents to this memorial***
***I would like to thank Dan Sanford Find A Grave ID 50794590 for updating the death location and inscription on this memorial***
Inscription
SON
ROBERT LEE SHIPMAN
BORN STILLWELL, OKLA. JUNE 7, 1921
ENTERED THE SERVICE AUG. 17, 1942
SERVED ON THE SHIP INDIANAPOLIS
MADE THE SUPREME SACRIFICE AUG. 5, 1945
AWARDED THE PURPLE HEART POSTHUMOUSLY
