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My great-uncle, Cpl. John Wesley
Shell (100th Aero Bombardment Squadron), was a survivor. I was very
young when he died, but my father used to tell me that 'Uncle Wes' had
washed up on the coast of Ireland (may have been Scotland) and was put
in a shed that served as a makeshift morgue, until a woman passing by
heard groaning from inside and discovered he was still alive. After
recuperating in a hospital (England, I think) he was able to rejoin his
unit. This is a great sight. Thank you.
Edwin Lawrence
June 28, 2007 |
John Wesley Shell - Sugar Grove,
North Carolina
Army Rank:
Corporal (1918).
Assigned Unit:
100th Aero Squadron – 1st Squad
Army Serial Number:
Inducted:
Promoted:
Sergeant (1918)
Army Discharge:
1919
Remarks:
Overseas Jan. 24, 1918 – 1919
Torpedoed on the
Transport Tuscania Feb. 5, 1918
Member of the
Tuscania Survivors Association (1938)
Address: Beaverdam
Twp., Watauga Co., NC (1900)
Address: Rush Branch
Rd., Beaverdam, NC (1910)
Address: 23rd
Lewiston St., Franklin Square, L.I., N.Y. (1938)
Wife’s Name:
Ida Valdese
(b. April 17,
1892 New York) (d. Aug. 1981 Neptune, NJ)
Fathers Name:
John Wesley Shell
(b.
Aug. 11, 1860 Beaverdam., NC) (March 17, 1940 Beaverdam, NC)
Mothers Name:
Emma A. Combs
(b.
March 27, 1871 Watauga Co., NC)
(d. Dec. 27, 1954
Watauga Co., NC)
Brothers:
William, Charlie, Donald, and Earl Shell
Sisters:
Lunda, Addie, Clara, and Dora Shell
Civilian Occupation:
Born:
Sept. 14, 1892 Beaverdam, Watauga Co., NC
Died:
July 25, 1970 Neptune, Monmouth Co., NJ (age 77)
Cemetery:
Wayside Cemetery, Oakhurst, Monmouth Co., NJ
Plot:
P 7-B |
