Everett G. Shook, Co. B, 36th Div, 144th Inf. US Army AEF, Old Rockwall Cemetery, Rockwall TX
N 32° 55.709 W 096° 27.719
14S E 737313 N 3646217
The memorial tombstone for SGT Everett G Shook, US Army Expeditionary Force, WWI, at Old Rockwall Cemetery
Waymark Code: WMXA06
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 12/14/2017
Views: 8
The memorial tombstone for SGT Everett G Shook is engraved on the back of his mother's tombstone at Old Rockwall Cemetery in Rockwall TX.
The tombstone reads as follows:
"[front]
In Loving Memory
NANNIE J
Wife of
J. S. Shook
Dec 24, 1868 - Oct 1, 1918
[back]
In honor of
EVERETT G, son of
J. S & Nannie J. Shook
Born May 17, 1893
Killed in France Oct 13, 1918
Member 36 Div Co. B 144 Inf.
He gave his life for his country"
From the WWI Honor Roll on Ancestry.com:
"Everett G. Shook
State Registered: Texas
Death Date: 13 Oct 1918
Cemetery: Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery
Cemetery Burial Plot: Plot B Row 29 Grave 24
Cemetery City: Romagne
Cemetery Country: France
War: World War I
Title: Sergeant, U.S. Army
Rank: Sergeant
Service: U.S. Army
Division: 144th Infantry Regiment, 36th Infantry Division
Data Source: World War I Honor Roll"
Type of Death Listed: Killed by something
Website (if available): [Web Link]
Cause of death inscription on headstone: Not listed
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