Eli, who resided in Wilmington, Delaware, served as a Machinist's Mate Second Class, U.S.S. Cythera (PY-26), U.S. Navy during World War II.
The Cythera was a yacht converted to coastal patrol work off Cape Hatteras. The vessel was hit hard l hour after leaving port and went to the bottom within a few moments. The torpedo, fired from German U-boat U-402 off the coast of North Carolina, tore the ship in two and caused the depth charges on the Cythera to explode. Only 2 were saved.
Eli was declared "Missing In Action" in this sinking during the war.
He had served in the Navy for five months at the time of his death and was awarded the Purple Heart.
Service # 4052347
Husband of Margaret P. Crawford Sheldon.
Eli was 1 of 2 Delawareans lost on the Cythera. The other was:
Charles Donnan Holzmueller, Jr. of Milford, Delaware.
( Bio & Family Links by: Russ Pickett )
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The Cythera was a yacht converted to coastal patrol work off Cape Hatteras. The vessel was hit hard l hour after leaving port and went to the bottom within a few moments. The torpedo, fired from German U-boat U-402 off the coast of North Carolina, tore the ship in two and caused the depth charges on the Cythera to explode. Only 2 were saved.
Eli was declared "Missing In Action" in this sinking during the war.
He had served in the Navy for five months at the time of his death and was awarded the Purple Heart.
Service # 4052347
Husband of Margaret P. Crawford Sheldon.
Eli was 1 of 2 Delawareans lost on the Cythera. The other was:
Charles Donnan Holzmueller, Jr. of Milford, Delaware.
( Bio & Family Links by: Russ Pickett )
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Eli, who resided in Wilmington, Delaware, served as a Machinist's Mate Second Class, U.S.S. Cythera (PY-26), U.S. Navy during World War II.
The Cythera was a yacht converted to coastal patrol work off Cape Hatteras. The vessel was hit hard l hour after leaving port and went to the bottom within a few moments. The torpedo, fired from German U-boat U-402 off the coast of North Carolina, tore the ship in two and caused the depth charges on the Cythera to explode. Only 2 were saved.
Eli was declared "Missing In Action" in this sinking during the war.
He had served in the Navy for five months at the time of his death and was awarded the Purple Heart.
Service # 4052347
Husband of Margaret P. Crawford Sheldon.
Eli was 1 of 2 Delawareans lost on the Cythera. The other was:
Charles Donnan Holzmueller, Jr. of Milford, Delaware.
( Bio & Family Links by: Russ Pickett )
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The Cythera was a yacht converted to coastal patrol work off Cape Hatteras. The vessel was hit hard l hour after leaving port and went to the bottom within a few moments. The torpedo, fired from German U-boat U-402 off the coast of North Carolina, tore the ship in two and caused the depth charges on the Cythera to explode. Only 2 were saved.
Eli was declared "Missing In Action" in this sinking during the war.
He had served in the Navy for five months at the time of his death and was awarded the Purple Heart.
Service # 4052347
Husband of Margaret P. Crawford Sheldon.
Eli was 1 of 2 Delawareans lost on the Cythera. The other was:
Charles Donnan Holzmueller, Jr. of Milford, Delaware.
( Bio & Family Links by: Russ Pickett )
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Records on Ancestry
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1930 United States Federal Census
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1940 United States Federal Census
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U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S., Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil, 1942-1949
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U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947
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U.S., Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, Unaccounted-for Remains, Group B (Unrecoverable), 1941-1975
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