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Personal info

Full name
SHEELER, Paul E
Date of birth
26 April 1918
Age
26
Place of birth
Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Berks County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
13020726
Rank
Technician Fifth Grade
Function
unknown
Unit
3rd Tank Battalion,
10th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
20 December 1944
Place of death
Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
E 16 7

Immediate family

Members
Elmer E. Sheeler (father)
Ruth A. (Lykens) Sheeler (mother)
George E. Sheeler (brother)
Marie E. Sheeler (sister)

More information

T/5 Paul E. Sheeler worked in the fabrication of metal products before he joined the Regular Army at Fort Myer, Virginia on 23 September 1940.

T/5 Paul E. Sheeler was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Foy, Belgium.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Sheree Dowdle, Kathy McDermott, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record /1920/1930/1940 Census / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, www.ancestry.com - Public Member Photos, Reading Eagle - 24 August 1942