Cpl. Jeremy Reed Shank

1988 - 2006  (18 years)

• Name	Jeremy Reed Shank
  Title	Cpl.
  Born	29 Feb 1988	Cape Girardeau, Cape Girardeau County, Missouri, USA
  Gender	Male
  Died	6 Sep 2006	Balad, Salah ad Din, Iraq
  Buried	17 Sep 2006	Russell Heights Cemetery - Jackson, Missouri, USA
  Person ID	I9582	Cody LeBlanc's Family Tree
  Last Modified	21 Oct 2020

  
  

  Father	J.A. Shank
  Mother	Deborah Jan Vaughn,   b. 6 May 1955, Scott Air Force Base, St. Clair County, Illinois, USA ,   d. 17 Aug 2010, Cape Girardeau, Cape Girardeau County, Missouri, USA  (Age 55 years)
  Family ID	F4226	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 29 Feb 1988 - Cape Girardeau, Cape Girardeau County, Missouri, USA Died - 6 Sep 2006 - Balad, Salah ad Din, Iraq Buried - 17 Sep 2006 - Russell Heights Cemetery - Jackson, Missouri, USA  = Link to Google Earth
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  Headstone of Jeremy Reed Shank Russell Heights Cemetery - Jackson, Missouri, USA

  
  

• Notes

  Obituary: Cpl. Jeremy R. Shank, 18, of Jackson, Mo., born Feb. 29, 1988, in Cape Girardeau, Mo., passed away Wednesday, Sept. 6, 2006, while serving his country in Iraq. Cpl. Shank attended Jackson High School and the enlisted in the United States Army on May 31, 2005. He graduated basic training and advanced individual training at Fort Benning, Ga., as an infantryman. He was initially assigned to 1-21 Infantry on Jan. 30, 2006, before transferring to A Company 2-27 on March 26, 2006, where he served as a mortar man. He arrived with his platoon to Forward Operating Base McHenry on Aug. 23, 2006. His awards and decorations include the Global War on Terrorism Service Medal, the Operation Iraqi Freedom Expeditionary Medal, the National Defense Service Medal, the Purple Heart, the Bronze Star Medal, the Expert Marksman Badge and the Combat Infantryman Badge. Jeremy was an avid hunter, a member of the National Turkey Federation, and was anticipating a trip home during deer season this November. He was preceded in death by paternal grandfather, James Shank Jr.; maternal grandparents, Lieutenant Colonel and Mrs. Paul B. Vaughn; and maternal aunt, Sharon Vaughn. Surviving are his parents, James A. and Deborah J., nee Vaughn, Shank of Jackson, Mo.; two brothers, Christopher and Nathan Shank both of Jackson, Mo.; and fiancee, Ashley Hahn of Millersville, Mo.; his paternal family, grandmother, Evelyn Shank of Belleville, Ill., and aunt, Judi Shank of Belleville, Ill.; his maternal family, uncle, Ronald Vaughn of San Diego, Calif., four aunts, Kay (Joe) Carroll of Cape Girardeau, Mo., Karen (Tom) O'Carroll of Chandler, Ariz., Rosalee (Robert) Schultz of Lee Summit, Mo., and Mary Vaughn-Luhman of Gaithersburg, Md. Memorials may be made to the family. Sympathy messages may be sent to the family on-line at www.mccombsfuneralhome.com Visitation: Friends may call from 4 to 8 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 16, 2006, at McCombs Funeral Home, Jackson, Mo., and 12:30 to 2:30 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 17, 2006, at First Baptist Church, Jackson, Mo. Funeral: Funeral Service will be held at 2:30 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 17, 2006, at First Baptist Church, Jackson, Mo., with the Rev. Carter Frey officiating. Interment with full military honors will be follow in Russell Heights Cemetery, Jackson, Mo. MCCOMBS FUNERAL HOME, Jackson, Mo. (Published in The Belleville News-Democrat from September 16 to September 17, 2006)