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{{Infobox military person
| name          =Evander Shapard
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| birth_date          = <!-- {{Birth date and age|YYYY|MM|DD}} -->5 September 1893
| death_date          = {{death-date and age|15 April 1940|5 September 1893}}
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| birth_place  =[[Shelbyville, Tennessee|Shelbyville]], [[Tennessee]], United States
| death_place  =[[Spalding County, Georgia|Spalding]], [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]], USA
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| allegiance    = {{flag|United States|23px}}
| branch        = [[Royal Air Force]] (United Kingdom)
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| rank          =Lieutenant
| unit          = Royal Air Force
* [[No. 92 Squadron RAF]]
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| battles       = [[File:World War I Victory Medal ribbon.svg|50px]]&nbsp;[[World War I]]
| awards        =British [[Distinguished Flying Cross (United Kingdom)|Distinguished Flying Cross]]
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Lieutenant '''Evander Shapard''' was a [[World War I]] [[flying ace]] from the United States serving in the [[Royal Air Force]] and credited with six aerial victories.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.theaerodrome.com/aces/usa/shapard.php|title=Evander Shapard}}</ref>

==Biography==
The son of Emma Frierson (Lipscomb) and Evander Shapard,Sr.<ref>Nashville Tennessean; April 7, 1920, pg. 9; Miss Reynolds Wedding is a Morning Event</ref> Evander Shapard, Jr., was born in Shelbyville, Tennessee. He attended Vanderbilt University and was a member of [[Beta Theta Pi]] fraternity. Evander married Levie Reynolds on April 6, 1920, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James P. Reynolds. In 1917, Evander Shapard joined the Royal Air Force and was promoted to temporary 2nd Lieutenant (on probation) on 5 January 1918. Posted to [[No. 92 Squadron RAF|92 Squadron]] in 1918, he scored six victories flying the [[S.E.5a]].

==See also==
* [[List of World War I flying aces from the United States]]

==Sources of information==
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[[Category:American World War I flying aces]]
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[[Category:Vanderbilt University alumni]]
[[Category:People from Shelbyville, Tennessee]]
[[Category:Aviators from Tennessee]]
[[Category:Royal Air Force officers]]


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