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Personal info

Full name
SHEEHAN, William Darling
Date of birth
15 September 1922
Age
22
Place of birth
Edgemont, Fall River County, South Dakota
Hometown
Osage, Weston County, Wyoming

Military service

Service number
39583476
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
10th Infantry Regiment,
5th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
26 December 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Scheidgen, Echternach, Luxembourg

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
E 1 26

Immediate family

Members
Cornelius M. Sheehan (father)
Ruby C. (Darlington) Sheehan (mother)
June R. Sheehan (sister)
Helene Sheehan (sister)

More information

Pvt William D. Sheehan attended Newcastle High School and was a welder before he enlisted at Fort MacArthur, California on 20 April 1944.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1930 Census / Headstone and Interment Record 1942-1949 / Evans Family Tree, A footsoldier for Patton / Michael C. Bilder James G. Bilder, The 5th Infantry Division in the ETO

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Luxembourg American Cemetery / Carl Steiger