Photo shared by Vickie Graves Jones. Claud Monday Shepard, Sr. was born May 17, 1922 at Vesta, near Charleston Franklin Co., Ar. to Walter Bourland & Willie Lee Monday Shepard. September 12, 1941 he married Hazel Safaty, at Fort Smith, Sebastian Co., Ar., both residing there at that time. June 30, 1942 Clauud registered for the military draft at the court house in Fort Smith, Sebastian Co., Ar. November 12, 1942 he enlisted in the US Army at Little Rock, Ar. He states he has a grammar school education. Some of his records can be found below "The Fighting Men of Arkansas" This is one of his "World War II Hospital Admission Card Files" from April 1945: Name: Claud M Shepard Gender: Male Race: White (includes Mexican) (White) Rank: Enlisted Man (includes Aviation Cadet or Student) Admission Age: 23 Birth Date: abt 1922 Admission Date: Apr 1945 Discharge Date: Jun 1945 Discharge Place: Station Hospital Military Branch: Infantry, General or Unspecified Military Unit: 0 Diagnosis: Wound(s), perforating (points of entrance and exit) with no nerve or artery involvement; Location: Buttock and hip; Causative Agent: Bullet, Missile Not Stated Type of Injury: InjuryType: Battle casualty; InjuryType2: All battle casualties, and all battle injuries not intentionally inflicted by self or another person Medical Treatment: Debridement (removal of all foreign matter and dead tissue) without closure Type of Discharge: Duty Length of Service: 2-3 yr. Service Number: 38296456 Claud Monday Shepard, Sr. passed away February 6, 2004 and is buried in the National Cemetery at Fort Smith, Arkansas. Some of his military records are below the following. Following is shared by Vickie Graves Jones. from: "The Fighting Men of Arkansas"