WWI · Battle Death Record
Harold Shoemaker
First Lieutenant, U.S. Army Air Service · New Jersey
Personnel File — Core Information
- Name
- Harold Shoemaker
- Entered the Service From
- New Jersey
- Rank
- First Lieutenant
- Service
- U.S. Army Air Service
- Unit / Regiment
- 17th Aero Squadron
- War
- WWI
- Date of Death
- October 23, 1918
- Burial / Memorial
- Somme American Cemetery and Memorial, Bony, France
Their story
Harold Goodman Shoemaker was a WWI flying ace credited with five aerial victories, first while attached to No. 74 Squadron RAF in summer 1918, then with the U.S. 17th Aero Squadron flying Sopwith Camels. On 5 October 1918 he collided in mid-air with another aircraft over enemy territory and was reported missing; his death was later dated 23 October 1918. He is buried at the Somme American Cemetery and Memorial in Bony, France.
Compiled from American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC) and National Archives (NARA) records and public sources.
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