ISOB Ervin David Shaw
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Located in plot 9, row A, grave 9 Isolated Burial A concrete headstone with a circle carved into it and a cross in the center of the circle. The name and information are carved into the headstone underneath the cross.
The isolated site of burial is that of Ervin David Shaw, a first lieutenant in the U.S. Signal Reserve Corps and a pilot during World War I. In England, Shaw was attached to the 48th Squadron, RAF, British Expeditionary Force. He died on July 9, 1918 near Grandcourt. He is buried in a common grave with Sgt T. W. Smith.
Shaw Air Foce Base in Sumter, South Carolina is named in his honor.
Monument Text:
ERVIN D.
SHAW
1ST LIEUTENANT
SIGNAL RESERVE CORPS, U.S.A.
ATTD. ROYAL AIR FORCE
JULY 9, 1918, AGE 24
Commemorates:
People:
Units:
Royal Air Force (RAF)
Signal Reserve Corps
US Army Air Service
Wars:
WWI
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