SELVIN E. SHIELDS, (LTC,
U.S. Army Retired) 47, passed away Sun. Aug. 13, 1989.
He was a long
time resident of El Paso, and a member of VFW, Davis-Seamon Post #812, U.S.A.A., Retired Officers Ass'n. & U.S. Golf Ass'n.
He had been Director of Payroll at UTEP* for over 10 years.
Survivors, Daughters, La Claire Shields, El Paso, Dr. Peggv Shields Hlldebrand, Evansville, Indiana, Son, Major Selvln E. Shields, Jr., Ft Carson, Colorado, Sister, Nadine Watson, Atchison, Kansas, Brother, K. Duane Shields, Bolivar, MO,, 5 Grandchildren.
Funeral Services will be held 10:00 A.M. Wednesday, in the Harding-Orr 8, McDaniel Pershing Drive Chapel, Chaplain Capt. Ernest Davis officiating. Interment at Ft Bliss National Cemetery, with Military Honors.
Memorial contributions may be made to Genisls United Methodist Church, P.O. Box 371267
El Paso, 79937.
Arrangements by Harding-Orr & McDaniel Pershlng Drive.
*UTEP - University of Texas, Wl Paso |
[courtesy of Jennifer C. Pacuk]
Grave marker for Selvin E. Shields in Section G
Site 1474, Fort Bliss National Cemetery, El Paso (El Paso county), Texas
Pvt Shields enlisted in then National Guard on 12
June 1939 and committed to another three years on 23 December 1950.
On 2 February 1954, he was commissioned as a 2n
Lieutenant and on 26 June 1951 was promoted to Captain.
During this period Captain Shields had been
transferred to the 508th ARCT and on 17 June 1952 he was transferred
from 508th Airborne Infantry Regiment to FECOM (Far East Command)
His career thereafter too him to a variety of
roles acting as a liaison to various college ROTC programs, etc.
Of significant note is that on 2 February
1974, he was in the official party at Tri-City Airport in
Blountville, TN airport meeting the flag draped casket of Lt. Col. William Benedict Nolde, 43,
the last American killed in Vietnam before the cease-fire. The
casket was escorted to an ambulance by the group consisting of Blair
Nolde and Brent Nolde, two sons of the deceased, a brother-in-law, and U.S. Army representatives Carlton C. Fusee, Lt. Col. Selvin E. Shields,
and Lt. Col. Henry A. Compton.
He retired as a Lieutenant Colonel with more than
20 years of service. |