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Personal info

Full name
SHERIDAN, Joseph Edward
Date of birth
10 February 1916
Age
28
Place of birth
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
13095970
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
F Company,
2nd Battalion,
507th Parachute Infantry Regiment,
17th Airborne Division
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
8 January 1945
Place of death
Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
G 14 43

Immediate family

Members
Edward J. Sheridan (father)
Margaret C. Sheridan (mother)
Edward J. Sheridan (brother)
Helen Sheridan (sister)
Margaret Sheridan (sister)
Charles Sheridan (brother)
John J. Sheridan (brother)
Mary Sheridan (sister)
Regina Sheridan (sister)

More information

Joseph E. Sheridan was an employee of the Midvale Steel Co. before he enlisted in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on 23 June 1942.

He participated in the D-Day operation in Normandy on 6 June 1944.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Foy, Belgium.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.ww2-airborne.us, http://aad.archives.gov, wwiimemorial, www.fold3.com, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census / WWII Draft Card

Photo source: Tjarco Schuurman, www.findagrave.com