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PFC Jim Chester Shreves

12 Mar 1928 – 21 Oct 1950

Birth12 Mar 1928
Death21 Oct 1950
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PFC JIM CHESTER SHREVES 187TH AIRBORNE REGIMENTAL COMBAT TEAM I CO 3 BN REGIMENTAL COMBAT TEAM ARMY HOSTILE, DIED (KIA) REMAINS NOT RECOVERED DATE OF LOSS: OCTOBER 21, 1950 SERVICE NUMBER: RA18248896 BORN: MARCH 12, 1928 HOME OR PLACE OF ENLISTMENT GREENVILLE, TEXAS HUNT COUNTY LOCATION OR BATTLE ZONE: AIR DROP SUNCHON - SUKCHON TOWN OR AREA: OPA-RI Comments: Private First Class Shreves was a member of Company I, 3rd Battalion, 187th Airborne Infantry Regimental Combat Team. He was Killed in Action while fighting the enemy in North Korea on October 21, 1950. His remains were not recovered. Area of Middle Sulphur River, Hunt County, Justice District 6. Private First Class Shreves was awarded the Purple Heart, the Combat Infantryman Badge, the Korean Service Medal, the United Nations Service Medal, the National Defense Service Medal, the Korean Presidential Unit Citation and the Republic of Korea War Service Medal. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing, Court 6, at the Honolulu Memorial. Jim Chester Shreves His name is also inscribed on the National Korean War Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C. Jim Chester Shreves KOREAN WAR PROJECT KEY NO: 27414 Finding The Families: A Family DNA Sample has been obtained. Son of Elvor Wesley Shreves and Georgia Caroline Riddle Shreves Perkins. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ World War II Veteran Army Serial Number (enlisted): Date of Enlistment: 08 April 1946 Place of Enlistment: DALLAS TEXAS Residence at Enlistment: KAUFMAN TEXAS Grade at Enlistment: Private Branch: Air Corps Source: Enlisted Man, Regular Army, after 3 months of Discharge Born: OKLAHOMA Education: Grammar school

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