[PW] disparate need for finding soldier!

[Jeanne Schramm]

It appears that someone else is also looking for this information and the
names of his siblings are listed:
http://boards.ancestry.com/surnames.shelton/3184/mb.ashx

On Nov 23, 2007 11:00 AM, <MTURVEY at aol.com> wrote:

> 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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