Family Card 9/13/21 - Person Sheet
Family Card 9/13/21 - Person Sheet
NameBlanch Shehan 
Birth31 Jan 1918
Death5 Apr 1970
BurialCalvary Assembly of God Church Cem., Brinson, Decatur Co., Georgia
FatherLittle Britton Shehan (1896-1963)
MotherVina Ray Walker (1894-1981)
Spouses
Birth17 Nov 1918, Decatur Co., Georgia
Death9 Dec 1944, France
BurialCambridge American Cem and Memorial, Cambridgeshire, England
Misc. Notes
Killed in WW2
son of George Allen and Lula Harriet Tipton Branch. Married Blanche Shehan February 19, 1939 in McDowell County, North Carolina and together they had one child.
"On December 14, 1943, ...was inducted into the Army. ..... stationed at Camp Croft, SC, and Camp Shelby, MS,....sent to British front. On Nov. 22, 1944, while pulling a wounded soldier to safety in France, ...was shot. He died Dec 9, 1944. .... posthumously awarded the purple heart and bronze star...."
son of George Allen and Lula Harriet Tipton Branch. Married Blanche Shehan February 19, 1939 in McDowell County, North Carolina and together they had one child.
"On December 14, 1943, ...was inducted into the Army. ..... stationed at Camp Croft, SC, and Camp Shelby, MS,....sent to British front. On Nov. 22, 1944, while pulling a wounded soldier to safety in France, ...was shot. He died Dec 9, 1944. .... posthumously awarded the purple heart and bronze star...."
Marriage19 Feb 1939, McDowell Co,. North Carolina
Birth19 Nov 1916
Death5 Jul 1968
BurialCalvary Assembly of God Church Cem., Brinson, Decatur Co., Georgia