Name:
James Shelton
Rank:
Private
Serial Number:
35214578
Unit:
82nd Reconnaissance Battalion, 2nd Armored Division
Date of Death:
1944-08-08
State:
West Virginia
Cemetery:
Forest Lawn Cem., Pecks Mill, West Virginia
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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.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.