Kenneth E. M. Shiflet Colonel,United States Army |
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Army Colonel Kenneth E. Shiflet, 61, a Signal Corps communications officer
who saw active duty in World War II and the Vietnam war, died of cancer
Tuesday at Walter Reed Army Medical Center.
The author of several novels and short stories, he was Chairman of the English department at Congressional Schools of Virginia at the time of his death. He joined the school as a teacher of English, creative writing and journalism after his military retirement in 1972. His last assignment was as Deputy Commander
of Strategic Communications in Heidelberg, West Germany, European headquarters
of the world-wide military
Colonel Shiflet began writing professionally after World War II when he won first place in an Army-sponsored short story contest. He sold his first piece to Enquire magazine and subsequently published two novels, one of which was made into a movie by MGM. His short stories have appeared in American and European publications. He was born in Penn Yan, New York, and earned a bachelor's degree in 1957 from Indiana University. In 1966, he earned a master's degree in business administration from George Washington University. His military decorations included the Legion of Merit with four Oak Leaf Clusters, the Bronze Star and the Order of the Calderon from Ecuador. Colonel Shiflet was a member of the Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association, the Retired Officers Association, the Army Navy Country Club and St. Alban's Episcopal Church at Falls Church. Survivors include his wife, the former Jean Kirk, and a son, Jeffrey W., of the home in Falls Church; a son, Robert K., of Virginia Beach, Va., a daughter, Bonnie-Jeanne Parsons, of Parsons, W. Va, a brother, Ralph Shiflet, and a sister, Vivian Schumaker, both of Terre Haute, Ind., a brother, Frank Shiflet, of Waynesboro, Va, and two grandchildren. The family suggests that expressions of sympathy
be in the form of contributions to the Kenneth E. Shiflet Creative Writing
Scholarship Fund at the Congressional Schools of Virginia, Falls Church.
Kenneth E. M. Shiflet was born on February 2, 1918. He served in World War II, in the Krean War and in the Vietnam War. He wrote the book "The Valiant Strain," which was made into a movie by MGM. Colonel Shiflet died on November 14, 1978 and
was buried with full military honors in Arlington National Cemetery, Section
10, Grave 10991-4.
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