Lieut Edgar William Sheppard (1888-1925)

Lieut Edgar William Sheppard Veteran

Birth

8 Sep 1888

District of Columbia, USA

Death

3 Sep 1925 (aged 36)

Noble Township, Noble County, Ohio, USA

Burial

Arlington National Cemetery

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Plot

Section 4 Site 3124

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Lieutenant (Junior Grade) E. W. Sheppard, USN, was designated Naval Aviator #3173 (lighter-than-air) in 1924.

LT Sheppard. the engineering officer, was killed in the destruction of the Navy dirigible USS SHENANDOAH (ZR-1) at Ava (an unincorporated community in northwestern Noble Township), Ohio.

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ANC records list first name as Edward; not correct, it is Edgar.

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Alta Leslie Plowden Sheppard

1887–1954

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