Funeral for SM3c William J. Shanahan (World War II)
In June, DPAA announced that it had accounted for SM3c William J. Shanahan, US Navy. SM3c Shanahan was lost at Pearl Harbor, HI, on 7 December 1941.
SM3c Shanahan will be buried on Tuesday, 3 September, in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Regrettably, DPAA does not seem to have posted the specific location for his funeral services or interment.
If any TAH readers have the precise location for SM3c Shanahan’s funeral services, please post it in comments below. And if any readers are in the area and have the time, here’s an opportunity to give someone lost during World War II a proper final send-off.
Category: Blue Skies, We Remember
https://www.murdochfuneralhome.com/obituaries/William-Shanahan-5/#!/Obituary
“Funeral Services will be held 10 AM, Tuesday, September 3, at St. Patrick’s Catholic Church, Cedar Rapids, with Fr. Ivan Nienhaus officiating. Burial, with full military honors where William will be laid to final rest, will be held at Mt. Calvary Cemetery in Cedar Rapids, IA immediately following the service. Memorials may be directed to the Patrick J. Shanahan VFW Post 788, Cedar Rapids, IA for a William J. Shanahan memorial.”
Welcome Home, SM3c William J. Shanahan, US Navy.
We Never Forgot You.
We will raise a glass and pay Honors to SM3c William J. Shanahan. Rest easy in your Home Soil Warrior.
Thanks for the update, Hondo & ninja.
Fair winds and following seas, SM3c Shanahan.