Leslie E. Shankles

World War II
Service #37241407
Unit60th Infantry Regiment, 9th Infantry Division
RankPrivate First Class U.S. Army
Entered Service From Kansas
Date of DeathOctober 15 1945
StatusRecovered
Memorialized
Tablets of the Missing
Bronze Star
Purple Heart
Bronze Star, Purple Heart
Notes

Through the work of the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, the remains of Pfc. Leslie Shankles were accounted for in 2018. His name is permanently inscribed on the “Walls of the Missing” at the Netherlands American Cemetery.

rosetta medal
When an individual’s remains have been accounted for by the U.S. Department of Defense, a rosette is placed next to the name on the Wall/Tablet/Court of the Missing to mark that the person now rests in a known gravesite.