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Personal info

Full name
SHERIDAN, Joe Edward Jr
Date of birth
21 November 1920
Age
24
Place of birth
Cisco, Eastland County, Texas
Hometown
Cisco, Eastland County, Texas

Military service

Service number
O-887660
Rank
First Lieutenant
Function
unknown
Unit
357th Infantry Regiment,
90th Infantry Division
Awards
Silver Star,
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
29 January 1945
Place of death
Near Oberhausen, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
H 7 40

Immediate family

Members
Joseph E. Sheridan Sr. (father)
Beulah (Pate) Sheridan (mother)
Evelyn Sheridan (sister)
Myrle Sheridan (brother)
Lucille Sheridan (sister)
Helen Sheridan (sister)
Thelma Sheridan (sister)
Walter M. Sheridan (brother)

More information

1st Lt Joe E. Sheridan Jr. worked on a farm before he enlisted at Camp Wolters, Texas on 18 March 1942.

He was reported wounded in action in France on 11 June 1944 for which he was awarded the Purple Heart Medal a first time.

He was sent overseas with the rank of sergeant and was given a field commission on 17 October 1944.

His brother, Sgt Walter M. Sheridan, was killed in Tunisia in 1943 and is buried next to him.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1920/1940 Census / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Luxembourg American Cemetery, Fort Worth Star-Telegram - 22 March 1945