First Lieutenant George Ingalls Sheldon | UW Gold Star Honor Roll
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George Ingalls Sheldon

Graduating Class of 1943
Served in World War II

First Lieutenant
George Ingalls Sheldon

Army
82nd Airborne Division

Hometown

Tomahawk, WI

Date of Birth

Location of Death

Anzio, Italy

Date of Death

Location of Burial

Reeds Corners Bethel Cemetery, Ripon, WI

More About First Lieutenant Sheldon

First Lieutenant Sheldon served with the 82nd Airborne Division, became a para-trooper and volunteered to serve as an infantry replacement officer on the Anzio beachhead while he was stationed at Fort Bragg, NC. He was killed in action in Italy on June 1, 1944.