Shimshock Walter Paul

Monuments

B-17 43-38175 (I'll Be Seeing You) Memorial - Warsaw Uprising Support

Warsaw Uprising Victims Wall -American Airmen

Name:

Walter Paul Shimshock

Rank:

Staff Sergeant

Serial Number:

37573233

Unit:

568th Bomber Squadron, 390th Bomber Group, Heavy

Date of Death:

1944-09-18

State:

Minnesota

Cemetery:

Fort Snelling National Cemetery, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota

Plot:

Section C-6

Row:

Grave:

Site 8406

Decoration:

Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster, Purple Heart

Comments:

Walter Paul Shimshock was born on April 28, 1925, in Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota. He served in the 568th Bomber Squadron, 390th Bomber Group, Heavy, as a Staff Sergeant and Tail Gunner on the B-17 #43-38175 �I�ll Be Seeing You� during World War II. He was Killed in Action on September 18, 1944, when his aircraft was shot down by German artillery during a mission in Warsaw, Poland. SSgt Shimshock is now buried in the Fort Snelling National Cemetery, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota.