Name:
Sam Shirley
Rank:
Private
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Unit:
3rd Machine Gun Battalion, 1st Infantry Division
Date of Death:
1918-07-18
State:
North Carolina
Cemetery:
Samuel Tyndall, Snow Hill, North Carolina
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Sam Shirley was born on March 11, 1897. He served in the U.S. Army during World War I as a Private in Company B, 3rd Machine Gun Battalion, 1st Infantry Division. He died from his wounds received in battle on July 18, 1918 at the age of 21 and is now buried in Samuel Tyndall, Snow Hill, Greene County, North Carolina, USA.