[PW] disparate need for finding soldier!

[Roberta Gerber]

Using Ancestry.com, I found a death record that gives the date of death
as 14 May 1942. 


British Columbia Death Index: 1872 to 1979 
about Sherril T Shelton 
Name: Sherril T Shelton 
Gender: Male  
Age: 22  
Death Date: 14 May 1942 
Place of Death: Charlie Lake  
Registration #: 1942-09-613829  
bca #: B13177  
gsu #: 1953637  


Roberta Gerber
ILS Specialist
Rockford Public Library
215 N. Wyman St.
Rockford, IL 61101
Phone: (815) 966-2718 FAX: (815) 965-0866
rgerber at rockfordpubliclibrary.org

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Subject: [PW] disparate need for finding soldier!

Dear Madam or Sir:
I was given this email address with the hope of receiving help in
finding  
the family of US Army Soldier Sherril T. Shelton.  On his WWII
enlistment  he 
states he was born l9l9 in Oklahoma, but his native residence is Harris
Co,  
Texas. In l942, Sherril plus 11 other soldiers drown at Charlie Lake,
British  
Columbia. The bodies were sent back, so there should be an obit
somewhere in a  
Harris Co newspaper shortly after the drowning and then maybe a week or
so 
later  when the body arrived for burial.
 
The reason I want to find an obit of Sherril is to advise his family
that a  
Memorial Dedication will be held in Fort St. John, B.C. next spring and
his  
family is invited to attend. Also, the Memorial museum would like a
picture of  
him and any other info that would be appropriate for his pillar on the  
monument.
 
Thank you for any help you can give.
Mary
 
The l930 census of Alfalpha Co, Ok finds Sherril and his siblings at a
Odd  
Fellows Orphanage. Alfalpha Co veterans have not been able to help.
Library  
needed exact dates.



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