Name:
Samuel Shatz
Rank:
Corporal
Serial Number:
Unit:
Date of Death:
1945-08-13
State:
Cemetery:
Zachary Taylor National Cemetery, Kentucky
Plot:
E
Row:
Grave:
123
Decoration:
Comments:
Samuel Shatz served in the US Air Corps as a Corporal during World War II. He died on August 13, 1945 and is now buried in the Zachary Taylor National Cemetery, Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, USA in a common grave with his crew. Corporal Shatz was one of over 2000 Americans who lost their lives defending China from their Japanese invaders from 1941-1945. He is commemorated on the The Monument to the Aviation Martyrs in the War of Resistance Against Japan in Nanjing, China. He was a passenger of an aircraft at the time of his death.