Shirley R. Rinard

PFC, 22nd Infantry, U. S. Army

Killed In Action 1 December 1944

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Compiled by Linda Cunningham Fluharty.

SHIRLEY RICHARD RINARD, born 27 February 1907, in Ritchie County, W.Va., was the son of William Ellsworth Rinard and Sophia Ross, married in Harrison County, W.Va. in 1900. Shirley is found in census records.

1910 Census, Grant District, Ritchie County, W.Va.
#12 - Meadow Run
William Rinard, Head, 41, Farmer, b. Ohio
Sopha A. Rinard, Wife, 41, b. W.Va.
Danea Rinard, Daughter, 9, b. W.Va.
Keneth W. Rinard, Son, 8, b. W.Va.
Marrie Rinard, Daughter, 5, b. W.Va.
Shirley R. Rinard, Son, 3, b. W.Va.
Ethel F. Rinard, Daughter, 1 month, b. W.Va.
Henry Rinard, Father, 72, Widowed, b. Ohio

1920 Census, Grant District, Ritchie County, W.Va.
#185 - Pleasants Co. Ed?, Ritchie Co. Ridge
Wm. E. Rinard, Head, 51, Farmer, b. Ohio
Sophie A. Rinard, Wife, 50, b. W.Va.
Kenneth W. Rinard, Son, 17, b. W.Va.
Marie Rinard, Daughter, 15, b. W.Va.
Shirlie R. Rinard, Son, 12, b. W.Va.
Ethel F. Rinard, Daughter, 10, b. W.Va.
Thelma Rinard, Daughter, 7, b. W.Va.

In the 1930 census, Shirley Rinard, 22, was living with his sister, Marie (Hoff), and her family in Butler, Pennsylvania. He was a laborer at the Steel Works. He is also named in the 1930 census of Butler County as being an Inmate at the Butler County Jail.

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At Fort Benning, Georgia, 17 December 1940, Shirley R. Rinard enlisted in the Regular U. S. Army.
He had one year of high school, and he resided in Ritchie County.

Buried at Butler Memorial Park, Butler, Pennsylvania.

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Photo by Gail Slater, find-a-grave.

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