He lies in rest at Temple Memorial Park in Castlewood Virginia. Staff Sergeant Powers passed away on Jat the age of 86. Darrell Shifty Powers was portrayed in the HBO miniseries Band of Brothers by Peter Youngblood Hills. After a brief career as a machinist in California the Powers returned to Virginia where Shifty worked as a machinist with Clinchfield Coal Corporation for more than twenty years. After the war Shifty returned to Virginia and married Dorothy Lenore Stamper. Spending many months convalescing, he returned to the United States well after many of the men in his Company. On his way to the airport Staff Sergeant Powers was severely injured in an automobile accident. Consequently he was chosen via lottery to receive an early furlough. Even though he served his time he was never injured in action thus coming up short for the requirement. "Shifty " Powers noticing the tree and using his skills brought about the deployment of the German unit.Īt the closing of the ETO Shifty did not have enough points to return home. Lipton got permission to fire on the battery, despite low ammunitions. The "tree" was discovered to be a part of a camouflage the Germans put up for there anti-aircraft battery. At the Battle of the Bulge on December 29, 1944, when Easy company was staying the woods, Powers noticed a tree standing there that had not been there the day before and reported it to his First Sergeant Lipton. Always humble, Darrell made the near impossible shot with ease. On Januwhen Easy Company was under attack in the city of Foy Power's marksmanship and quick thinking saved many of his brothers when he eliminated an enemy sniper. During the Battle of the Bulge, Shifty's skill as an outdoorsman and marksman was remarkable. As a veteran of Operation Market Garden and the Battle of the Bulge, Staff Sergeant Darrell Powers was one of the few men to remain uninjured during his service. Missing his drop zone on D-Day, Powers joined up with Easy Company in time for the Battle of Carentan. Shifty volunteered for the airborne in WWII and served with Easy Company of the 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, part of the 101st Airborne Infantry. Shifty was with Easy Company from start to finish He enlisted with his friend Robert "Popeye" Wynn and both men were assigned to Easy Company at Camp Toccoa and received training under Captain Herbert Sobel. From D-Day to the Battle of the Bulge and more, here is the authorized biography of one of the most celebrated paratroopers of Easy Company, Sergeant Shifty. Staff Sergeant Darrell “Shifty” Powers, of Clinchco, Virginia, enlisted with the US Army on Augin Richmond Virginia.
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