William E. Shomaker

World War II
Service #0-734012
Unit449th Fighter Squadron, 51st Fighter Group
RankFirst Lieutenant U.S. Army Air Forces
Entered Service From North Carolina
Date of DeathJuly 12 1945
StatusMissing In Action
Memorialized
Walls of the Missing
Air Medal
Distinguished Flying Cross
Purple Heart
Distinguished Flying Cross, Air Medal with 11 Oak Leaf Clusters, Purple Heart