J.A. married Deborah Jan Vaughn 4 Oct 1975, Belleville, St. Clair County, Illinois, USA. Deborah (daughter of Paul Baldwin Vaughn and Sophia Carolina Heider) was born 6 May 1955, Scott Air Force Base, St. Clair County, Illinois, USA; died 17 Aug 2010, Cape Girardeau, Cape Girardeau County, Missouri, USA; was buried 20 Aug 2010, Russell Heights Cemetery - Jackson, Missouri, USA. [Group Sheet]

1. C.J. Shank
2. Jeremy Reed Shank was born 29 Feb 1988, Cape Girardeau, Cape Girardeau County, Missouri, USA; died 6 Sep 2006, Balad, Salah ad Din, Iraq; was buried 17 Sep 2006, Russell Heights Cemetery - Jackson, Missouri, USA.
3. N.P. Shank