Name:
Harold Roy Shelden
Rank:
Private First Class
Serial Number:
20950386
Unit:
504th Parachute Infantry Regiment
Date of Death:
1944-09-21
State:
Wyoming
Cemetery:
Netherlands American Cemetery, Margraten, Netherlands
Plot:
L
Row:
10
Grave:
5
Decoration:
Purple Heart
Comments:
Harold Roy Shelden was born on September 2, 1918, in Douglas, Converse County, Wyoming. He was the son of LeRoy Shelden and Clova Pearl Shelden Ellis.
Harold enlisted in Douglas, Converse Co., Wyoming, on February 24, 1941. He was single, had three years of High School, and his trade was a carpenter. He was Killed in action on September 21, 1944, during Operation Market Garden while or after participating in the Waal River crossing, the heroic crossing that liberated Nijmegen, The Netherlands. He was one of the 49 paratroopers killed during the assault on German positions on the opposite bank. PFC Shelden is now buried in the Netherlands American Cemetery, Margraten, Netherlands.