ISOB Ervin David Shaw -WW1 Aviator
Details:
Located in plot 9, row A, grave 9
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 during aerial combat. 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)
Royal Flying Corps
Signal Reserve Corps
US Army Air Service
US Army Aviation Signal Corps
Wars:
WWI
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