Eunice Malone Shannon (1918 - 1999)

Born 21 Oct 1918 in Arkansas, United States

Died 20 Jun 1999 at age 80 in Tarrant, Texas, United States

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Biography

Eunice Shannon was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross (United States).

Eunice Shannon was awarded the Air Medal.

Eunice Shannon was awarded the Prisoner of War Medal (United States).

Eunice Shannon was awarded the World War II Victory Medal.

1st Lieutenant Eunice Shannon served in the United States Army Air Forces in World War II
Service started: 2 Aug 1938
Unit(s): 68th Bombardment Squadron, 44th Bombardment Group, Ninth Air Force
Service ended: 11 Aug 1946

1st Lieutenant Eunice Shannon was a prisoner of war in Stalag-3 in Germany during World War II.

Eunice was born 21 October 1918 in Mountain View, Arkansas. He was the son of William Shannon and Lelia Moore.

Reginald was the pilot of the B-24 Liberator bomber, Natchez-Belle, #42-40373, participating in Operation Tidal Wave the low-level attack on the Romanian oil refineries at Ploesti on 1 August 1943. He was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross for the mission.

He was shot down while piloting the Liberator bomber Natchez-Belle, #42-40373 during a mission over Foggia, Italy on 16 August 1943. He was liberated from Stalag-3 on 29 April 1945.

He married Hazel Terrell on 25 May 1946 in Fort Worth, Texas.^[1]

He passed away 20 June 1999 in Hurst Texas.^[2][3][4]

Find A Grave: Memorial #105657547

• 1920 - Hood, Texas, United States.^[5]
• 1930 - Precinct 5, Hood, Texas, United States.^[6]
• 1940 - Rantoul Township, Champaign, Illinois, United States.^[7]

Sources

1. ↑ Hazel Terrell Married to Eunice Shannon, Hood County News-Tablet, Granbury, Texas, 06 Jun 1946, Thu • Page 8
2. ↑ E.M. Shannon, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth, Texas, 24 Jun 1999, Thu • Page 25
3. ↑ "Texas Death Index, 1964-1998," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JND6-DZ2 : 5 December 2014), Eunice Malone Shannon, Tarrant, Texas, United States; citing Department of State Health Services, Austin.
4. ↑ "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V9NB-92G : 10 January 2021), Eunice M Shannon, 20 Jun 1999; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCS3-TTQ : accessed 16 December 2021), Eunice Shannon in household of William M Shannon, Hood, Texas, United States; citing , sheet , line , family , NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll ; FHL microfilm .
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:CM3F-22M : accessed 16 December 2021), Eunice M Shannon in household of William M Shannon, Precinct 5, Hood, Texas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 6, sheet 1B, line 94, family 21, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 2355; FHL microfilm 2,342,089.
7. ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KWWD-TYL : 8 January 2021), Eunice M Shannon, Rantoul Township, Champaign, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 10-62, sheet 2B, line 72, family , Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 766.

• Lt. Eunice M. Shannon Missing in Action After Flight in North Africa, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth, Texas, 27 Aug 1943, Fri • Page 14
• Fort Worth Pilot Missing in Action, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth, Texas, 28 Aug 1943, Sat • Page 14
• 2 'Missing' Men Still Alive, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth, Texas, 11 Nov 1943, Thu • Page 1
• 4 Tarrant Fliers Held by Germans, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth, Texas, 04 Dec 1943, Sat • Page 2
• {https://www.newspapers.com/clip/90635888/texans-parents-awarded-medals/ Parents Receive Medals for 3 Tarrant Fliers, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth, Texas, 15 Jan 1944, Sat • Page 1]
• Parents Get Son's Medals, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth, Texas, 16 Jan 1944, Sun • Page 8
• Two Fort Worth Fliers Freed From Prison Camp in Germany, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth, Texas, 28 May 1945, Mon • Page 8
• Ancestry.com. U.S., Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File, 1850-2010 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. Beneficiary Identification Records Locator Subsystem (BIRLS) Death File. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. Ancestry Record 2441 #1190073
• American Air Museum in Britain - Eunice M. Shannon
• Hall of Valor Project - Eunice M. Shannon
• The National Archives at Washington, D.C.; Washington, D.C.; Record Group Title: Records of the Office of the Provost Marshal General, 1920 - 1975; Record Group Number: 389. Ancestry.com. U.S., World War II American and Allied Prisoners of War, 1941-1946 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2005. National Archives and Records Administration. World War II Prisoners of War Data File [Archival Database]; Records of World War II Prisoners of War, 1942-1947; Records of the Office of the Provost Marshal General, Record Group 389; National Archives at College Park, College Park, MD. Ancestry Record 8919 #127682