Born September 4, 1918, Jacksonville, FL. Graduated Lee High School, 1936, Jacksonville, FL. Enlisted March 29, 1944. Trained at Fort Knox, KY, Camp Gruber, OK (September through October, 1944). Assigned to Fort Ord, CA (November).

Shipped out on USS General R.L. Howze (AP-134) from San Francisco on December 15, 1944 to Oro Bay, New Guinea on January 2, 1945, then on January 4, to Hollandia Bay, New Guinea, then on January 14, to Leyte Island, arriving on January 17, 1945.

Shipped on USS Haskell (APA-117) from San Pedro Bay, Leyte, Philippines on January 26, 1945. January 29 landed at San Narciso and marched to Subic Bay. January 30, 3nd Battalion trucked to Matain, near Olangapo. Regiment committed to the clearing of the Zigzag Pass on February 3rd, where he was killed on February 5th.

He is survived by James C. Shields, III (jshields@nando.net) and Robert Gary Shields (gshields@lc.gulfnet.com).

We would appreciate contacts from anyone whose father served in the same locations as our father.