John J. Sheldon
Private, U.S. Army
Battery A, 126th Field Artillery
Entered the Service from: New Jersey
Died: October 13, 1918
Introduction
Private John J. Sheldon was the son of Louis and Mary Sheldon. The Sheldon family resided at 100 North Broadway in Gloucester City, New Jersey. He was drafted on July 29, 1918, and sent to the Syracuse Recruit Camp in Syracuse, New York, where he was assigned to Battery A, 126th Field Artillery.
Private John J. Sheldon died of pneumonia on October 13, 1918 at the Syracuse Recruit Camp in Syracuse, New York. He was survived by his parents.
Honor Roll
Camden County World War I Honor Roll
Veterans at Gloucester Will Decorate Six Trees
Camden Courier-Post —
Gloucester Post No. 135, American Legion, and auxiliary, assisted by Sons of Veterans and various other patriotic and civic associations, will dedicate six Japanese cherry blossom trees to the memory of six war dead, as part of their Memorial Day rites.
The trees will be planted at the county park and set apart officially with six markers, one for each memorial arbor. The trees were purchased by the Legion and the markers by the Auxiliary. The men to be honored are:
William M. Hickman, Company B, 145th Infantry, killed by machine gun bullets while taking part in the Meuse-Argonne offensive, September 28, 1918.
Sergeant Fred H. Baines, and Townsend C. Young, both of Company G, 114th Infantry, felled by bullets from machine guns and Argonne Forest, October 12, 1918.
John J. Sheldon, Battery A, 126th Field Artillery, died in the Third Scottish-General Hospital, Glasgow, October 14, 1918.
David Barnaby, private first-class, Company F, 76th Heavy Field Artillery, died in Evacuation Hospital No. 8, Maven, Germany, on February 4, 1919.
Amon Lane, who had enlisted in 1812 [sic], and had renewed his enlistment on entrance to the World War, joining a mounted organization, was gassed while carrying a message through the lines, and died later in a government hospital in New York.