Name:
Edward G. Sheppard
Rank:
Private First Class
Serial Number:
33383937
Unit:
18th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division
Date of Death:
1944-06-06
State:
Maryland
Cemetery:
Normandy American Cemetery, France
Plot:
G
Row:
13
Grave:
23
Decoration:
Purple Heart
Comments:
Edward G. Sheppard was born in 1922 in Maryland. He enlisted in the Army on November 14, 1942 in Baltimore, Maryland. He was noted as being employed as a Unskilled routemen and also as Single, without dependents. He resided in Baltimore, Maryland prior to the war. Edward served as a Private First Class, 18th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division, U.S. Army during World War II. He was Killed in Action on June 6, 1944 during the invasion on Omaha Beach, France and is now buried in Normandy American Cemetery, Colleville-sur-Mer, France.