COL SHIELDS WARREN JR
March 21 1916 January 26 1994
CARY — Col Warren graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1939 He served as a battalion commander with the 508th Parachute Infantry 82nd Airborne Div from D-Day until the cessation of hostilities in the European Theater of Operations. He was a recipient of the Silver Star, Bronze Star with two oak leaf clusters and two Purple Hearts.
After retirement from the Army Col Warren established a business designing and building aluminum spars for sailing vessels.
Col Warren, the victim of an automobile accident, had resided at Mayview Convalescent Center in Raleigh since 1990.
A funeral service will be held 11 am Wednesday, February 2 at Arlington National Cemetery.
He is survived by his wife Patricia Field Warren of Cary, his daughters Linda Scadden of Cary and Kelsey Warren of Alexandria Va.; sons Shields Warren Ill of Herndon Va., and Robert Warren of Marietta Ga. and eight grandchildren.
Arrangements by Brown-Wynne Funeral Home, Cary.
(The Fayetteville Observer, Fayetteville, NC, 1 Feb
1994 - courtesy of Tedd Cocker)
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Grave marker for Shields Warren, Jr. (Col. Ret,) in Section 60, Grave
7327 of Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA.
He was C.O., 1st Bn. throughout WW-II.
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