Pvt Noflet B. DeShields

1920 - 1945  (24 years)

• Name	Noflet B. DeShields  [1]
  Title	Pvt
  Birth	18 Oct 1920	Guthrie, Todd County, Tennessee
  Gender	Male
  Death	18 Jan 1945	Bastogne, Arrondissement de Bastogne, Luxembourg, Belgium
  Burial	Abt 26 Jul 1948	Oak Hlll Cemetery in Evansville, IN
  Origins
  Person ID	I2271	1665 GOUGH/GOFF (US-MD-STM/US-VA-LOU) I-Y6902-A
  Last Modified	20 Oct 2023

  
  

  Family	Georgia Yvonne Gough,   b. 11 Mar 1922, Union County, Kentucky d. 16 Jun 1993, Vallejo, Solano County, CA (Age 71 years)  Other Partners: Emil George Klein  m. Aft 1947
  Marriage	Abt Oct 1940
  Children	1. Diana Marie DeShields,   b. 1 Jun 1943, Evansville, Vanderburgh County, Indiana, USA d. 1 Apr 1982, Tampa, Hillsborough Co., Florida (Age 38 years)   2. David Bryant DeShields,   b. 13 Jun 1944, Evansville, Vanderburgh County, Indiana, USA d. 4 Aug 1976, VAH in Tampa, Florida (Age 32 years)
  Family ID	F1352	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	20 Oct 2023

  
  

• Notes

  Noflet and Frank DeShields married Yvonne and Elizabeth Gough. Noflet died in WW II during the Battle for Bastogne. Noflet is buried in a plot that his brother, Frank, owned. MIA/KIA World War II 319th Infantry, 80th Division Tombstone has incorrect birth year. Hils father Joe Lee DeSheilds applied for a government headstone on 26 July 1948. Name Noflet B Deshields Name DESHIELDS NOFLET B Event Type Military Service Event Date 30 Jun 1944 Term of Enlistment Enlistment for the duration of the War or other emergency, plus six months, subject to the discretion of the President or otherwise according to law Event Place Ft Benjamin Harrison, Indiana, United States Race White Citizenship Status citizen Birth Year 1920 Birthplace TENNESSEE Education Level Grammar school Civilian Occupation Foremen, n.e.c. Marital Status Married Military Rank Private Army Branch No branch assignment Army Component Selectees (Enlisted Men) Source Reference Civil Life Serial Number 35845710 Affiliate ARC Identifier 1263923 Box Film Number 10005.62 Name Noflet B DeShields Event Type Burial Event Date 1945 Event Place Evansville, Vanderburgh, Indiana, United States of America Photograph Included Y Birth Date 18 Oct 1920 Death Date 18 Jan 1945 Affiliate Record Identifier 20421087 Cemetery Oak Hill Cemetery

  
  

• Sources

  [S3779] Find a Grave.