Name:
William L. Shampnois
Rank:
Second Lieutenant
Serial Number:
O1013502
Unit:
82nd Reconnaissance Battalion, 2nd Armored Division
Date of Death:
1944-08-08
State:
New York
Cemetery:
Brittany American Cemetery, France
Plot:
E
Row:
17
Grave:
5
Decoration:
Purple Heart
Comments:
Shampnois died with two other men when the M-8 armored scout car they were in at the head of the column received a direct hit from a German anti-tank gun on the morning of August 8, 1944, one half mile west of St. Georges de Rouelley.