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Shoemaker Forrest R.

Name:
Forrest R. Shoemaker
Rank:
Sergeant
Serial Number:
Unit:
74th Fighter Squadron, 23rd Fighter Group
Date of Death:
1943-04-26
State:
Pennsylvania
Cemetery:
National Memorial Cem. of the Pacific, Hawaii
Plot:
C
Row:
Grave:
295
Decoration:
Comments:

Forrest R. Shoemaker was born on August 14, 1918 in Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania. He was the son of Henry M. Shoemaker and Mona R. Ohlinger Shoemaker. He served in the 74th Fighter Squadron, 23rd Fighter Group as a Sergeant during World War II. He died on April 26, 1943 in China at the age of 24 and is now buried in the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Honolulu, Honolulu County, Hawaii, USA.

Sgt Shoemaker 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.