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Personal info

Full name
SHEELY, Howard Thomas
Date of birth
8 October 1910
Age
34
Place of birth
Elmira, Chemung County, New York
Hometown
Onondaga County, New York

Military service

Service number
O1015524
Rank
Second Lieutenant
Function
Platoon Commander
Unit
D Company,
786th Tank Battalion
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
29 March 1945
Place of death
Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
D 21 32

Immediate family

Members
Fred Sheely (father)
Carrie B. (Sargent) Sheely (mother)
Helen F. Sheely (sister)
Donald D. Sheely (brother)
Frederick C. Sheely (brother)
Carlton H. Sheely (brother)
Ralph Sheely (brother)
Jean A. (Dick) Sheely (wife)

More information

2nd Lt Howard T. Sheely was a graduate of Central High School and had attended Syracuse University for two years. He was employed as a salesman for Continental Can Company.

He enlisted in Syracuse, New York on 10 July 1942. He was commissioned in February 1943 at Fort Knox.

He was wounded on March 28th and died the next day.

The two bottom pictures show Howard and his wife Jean on their wedding day.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil / Benson / 1925 Census, Elmira Star Gazette – 19 April 1945, Syracuse Herald Journal - April 1945, WWII Draft Card

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Carl Sheely