 1918 - 1945 (26 years)
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| Name |
James Charles Shields [1, 2, 3, 4] |
| Suffix |
Jr |
| Birth |
4 Sep 1918 |
Jacksonville, Duval, Florida, USA  [2, 3, 4] |
| Gender |
Male |
| Residence |
1920 |
Jacksonville Ward 3, Jacksonville, Duval, Florida, USA [3] |
| Residence |
1930 |
Jacksonville, Duval, Florida, USA [4] |
| Military |
31 Mar 1944 |
Fort McPherson, Atlanta, Fulton, Georgia, USA [2] |
| Residence |
Duval, Florida, USA [2] |
| Death |
5 Feb 1945 |
Olangapo, Philippines |
- Zigzag Pass, near Olangapo in the Philippine Islands
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| Burial |
Riverside Memorial Park, Jacksonville, Duval, Florida, USA [5] |
| Person ID |
I3620 |
tng Genealogy |
| Father |
James Charles Shields, b. 2 Nov 1892, Georgia, USA d. 10 Jun 1971, Duval, Florida, USA (Age 78 years) |
| Relationship |
natural |
| Mother |
Beatrice Agnes Saffran, b. 21 Aug 1898, Illinois, USA d. 16 Mar 1988, Flagler, Florida, USA (Age 89 years) |
| Relationship |
natural |
| Family ID |
F3822 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family |
Sadie Wheeler, b. 27 Oct 1918, Florida, USA d. 21 Mar 1991, Lake City, Columbia, Florida, USA (Age 72 years) |
| Marriage |
1939 |
Nassau, Florida, USA [6] |
| Children |
| | 1. Living |
| | 2. Robert Gary Shields, b. 31 Jul 1942, Lake City, Columbia, Florida, USA d. 5 Dec 2006, Shands Hospital, Jacksonville, Duval, Florida, USA (Age 64 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] |
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| Family ID |
F1446 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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| Event Map |
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 | Birth - 4 Sep 1918 - Jacksonville, Duval, Florida, USA |
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| Residence - 1930 - Jacksonville, Duval, Florida, USA |
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 | Marriage - 1939 - Nassau, Florida, USA |
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| Notes |
- Pvt. James Charles Shields, Jr.
3nd Battalion, Company M
24th Division's 34th Infantry Regiment
Killed in Action 5 February, 1945
at the Zigzag Pass, near Olangapo in the Philippine Islands.
Born September 4, 1918, Jacksonville, FL. Graduated Lee High School, 1936, Jacksonville, FL. Enlisted March 29, 1944. Trained at Fort Knox, KY, Camp Gruber, OK (September through October, 1944). Assigned to Fort Ord, CA (November).
Shipped out on USS General R.L. Howze (AP-134) from San Francisco on December 15, 1944 to Oro Bay, New Guinea on January 2, 1945, then on January 4, to Hollandia Bay, New Guinea, then on January 14, to Leyte Island, arriving on January 17, 1945.
Shipped on USS Haskell (APA-117) from San Pedro Bay, Leyte, Philippines on January 26, 1945. January 29 landed at San Narciso and marched to Subic Bay. January 30, 3nd Battalion trucked to Matain, near Olangapo. Regiment committed to the clearing of the Zigzag Pass on February 3rd, where he was killed on February 5th.
He is survived by James C. Shields, III (jshields@nando.net) and Robert Gary Shields (gshields@lc.gulfnet.com).
We would appreciate contacts from anyone whose father served in the same locations as our father.
-- James C. Shields, III and Robert Gary Shields --
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Florida Marriage Collection.
http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=FLmarriageindex&h=780194&indiv=try
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Online publication - NARA. U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: MyFamily.com, Inc., 2005.Original data - Electronic Army Serial Number Merged File, 1938-1946 [Archival Database]; World War II Army Enlistment Records; Records of the NARA, Record Group 64; National Archives at College Park, College Park, MD.
U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946
about James C Shields JR
Name: James C Shields JR
Birth Year: 1918
Race: White, citizen (White)
Nativity State or Country: Florida
State: Florida
County or City: Duval
Enlistment Date: 31 Mar 1944
Enlistment State: Georgia
Enlistment City: Fort McPherson Atlanta
Branch: No branch assignment
Branch Code: No branch assignment
Grade: Private
Grade Code: Private
Term of Enlistment: Enlistment for the duration of the War or other emergency, plus six months, subject to the discretion of the President or otherwise according to law
Component: Selectees (Enlisted Men)
Source: Civil Life
Education: 4 years of high school
Civil Occupation: Laundry Machine Operator or Receiving Or Shipping Checker (Receiving and shipping clerk. )
Marital Status: Married
Height: 00
Weight: 100
- [S347] Ancestry.com, 1920 United States Federal Census, (Name: The Generations Network, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2005;).
Year: 1920; Census Place: Jacksonville Ward 3, Duval, Florida; Roll T625_217; Page: 15B; Enumeration District: 48; Image: 956.
http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1920usfedcen&h=6975359&indiv=try
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http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1920usfedcen&h=6975359&indiv=try
- [S337] Ancestry.com, 1930 United States Federal Census, (Name: The Generations Network, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2002;).
Year: 1930; Census Place: Jacksonville, Duval, Florida; Roll 314; Page: 11B; Enumeration District: 54; Image: 452.0.
http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1930usfedcen&h=102791557&indiv=try
[ View Federal Census Document]
http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1930usfedcen&h=102791557&indiv=try
- [S122] FindaGrave.com, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/45682946
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=45682946.
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=45682946
- [S350] Ancestry.com, Florida Marriage Collection, 1822-1875 and 1927-2001, (Name: The Generations Network, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;).
Florida Marriage Collection.
Name: Kenneth Lynnward Robinson
Marriage Date: Sep 1965
Marriage Place: Alachua, Florida, USA
Spouse: Betty Lou Jones
Certificate: 33205
Volume: 2347
Source: Florida Department of Health
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