{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox military person | name = Evander Shapard | image = | caption = | birth_date = <!-- {{Birth date and age|YYYY|MM|DD}} -->5 September 1893 | death_date = {{death-date and age|15 April 1940|5 September 1893}} | burial_label = | burial_place = | birth_place = Shelbyville, Tennessee, United States | death_place = Spalding, Georgia, USA | burial_coordinates = <!-- {{coord|LAT|LONG|display=inline,title}} --> | nickname = | allegiance = {{flag|United States|23px}} | branch = Royal Air Force (United Kingdom) | service_years = | rank = Lieutenant | unit = Royal Air Force * No. 92 Squadron RAF | commands = | battles = 50px&nbsp;World War I | awards = British Distinguished Flying Cross | relations = | other_work = }} 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. Shapard married Levie Reynolds on April 6, 1920, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James P. Reynolds. In 1917, Shapard joined the Royal Air Force and was promoted to temporary 2nd Lieutenant (on probation) on 5 January 1918. Posted to 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

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