Shelden, Harold Roy
- Date of birth:
- September 2nd, 1918 (Douglas/Converse County, Wyoming, the United States of America)
- Date of death:
- September 21st, 1944 (Lent, Gelderland province, the Netherlands)
- Buried on:
- Netherlands American Cemetery and Memorial
Plot: L. Row: 10. Grave: 5. - Service number:
- 20950386
- Nationality:
- American
Biography
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Purple Heart
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Private 1st Class
- Unit:
- H Company, 3rd Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division 'All American'
- Awarded for:
- Operation Market Garden
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Private 1st Class
- Unit:
- H Company, 3rd Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division 'All American'
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Private 1st Class
- Unit:
- H Company, 3rd Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division 'All American'
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Private 1st Class
- Unit:
- H Company, 3rd Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division 'All American'
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Private 1st Class
- Unit:
- H Company, 3rd Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division 'All American'
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Private 1st Class
- Unit:
- H Company, 3rd Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division 'All American'
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Private 1st Class
- Unit:
- H Company, 3rd Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division 'All American'
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Private 1st Class
- Unit:
- H Company, 3rd Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division 'All American'
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Private 1st Class
- Unit:
- H Company, 3rd Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division 'All American'
Sources
- Photo 1: Findagrave.com by Andy
- Photo 2: Findagrave.com by Des Philippet
- - LUNTEREN, F. VAN, The Battle of the Bridges, Casemate, 2017.
- NORDYKE, P., All American All the Way, Zenith Press, St. Paul, United States, 2005.
- STEENBERGER, D. e.a., De Oversteek, De Gelderlander, Nijmegen, 2013.
- https://vfwwy.org/uploads/Articles/MarketGardenDeadfromWY.pdf
- https://www.ww2-airborne.us/units/504/504_trp_3.html
- https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56303792/harold-roy-shelden
- https://www.uswarmemorials.org/html/people_details.php?PeopleID=31596
- https://www.honorstates.org/profiles/129321/
- https://cowboystatedaily.com/2024/03/09/after-more-than-80-years-wyoming-paratroopers-wwii-purple-heart-comes-home/
- https://archiveproject.com/profile/harold-r-shelden-wyoming-1918
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