PVT Eugene F. Shearer

PVT Eugene F. Shearer was born 1 Oct 1924 in Caprivi, Pennsylvania. he was the oldest of the 2 children born to Clarence Rhodey and Emma Maude (Lay) Shearer. This was a 2nd marriage for both parents. His father had farmed but then worked as a day laborer, mostly in highway construction. The family owned their home valued at $1000 in 1940.

Eugene was working for C. H. Masland & Son when he registered for the draft in December 1942. He was drafted just 4 months later, in March 1943. After completing his basic training at Fort Jackson, South Carolina he was transferred to G Company 423rd Infantry. However, he was pulled from that unit before it left Camp Atterbury, Indiana and sent to the European theater. PVT Shearer was transferred from the replacement depot to B Company 116th Infantry on 5 Jul 1944. He was killed in action on 30 Jul 1944 in the drive to liberate Vire, France.

PVT Shearer was repatriated and re-interred with many family members in the Letort Cemetery in Carlisle, Pennsylvania.

Great-grandfather, James B. Green, served as a 2LT in F Company 17th Pennsylvania Cavalry (USA) in the Civil War and was wounded near Farmville, Virginia.