Edgar William Sheppard was born on September 8, 1888, and was killed in the crash of the United States Navy Airship USS Shenandoah on 3 September 1925. in Ohio.
Lieutenant Commander Lansdowne and the following men of his crew were lost: Lieutenant Commander Lewis Hancock, Lieutenants John Bullard Lawrence, Arthur Reginald Houghton, and Lieutenant Junior Grade Edgar William Sheppard; enlisted crewmen: Everett Price Allen, Charles Harrison Broom, James William Cullinan, Ralph Thomas Jeffray, Celestino P. Mazzuco, James Albert Moore, Bartholomew B. O’Sullivan, George Conrad Schnitzer, William
Howard Spratley.
SHEPPARD, EDGAR WILLIAM
LT US NAVY
- DATE OF DEATH: 09/03/1925
- BURIED AT: SECTION 4 SITE 3124
ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY
SHEPPARD, ALTA P W/O EDGAR WILLIAM
- DATE OF BIRTH: 03/28/1887
- DATE OF DEATH: 02/20/1954
- BURIED AT: SECTION 4 SITE 3124
ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY - WIFE OF EW SHEPPARD, LT U S N
Michael Robert Patterson was born in Arlington and is the son of a former officer of the US Army. So it was no wonder that sooner or later his interests drew him to American history and especially to American military history. Many of his articles can be found on renowned portals like the New York Times, Washingtonpost or Wikipedia.
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