Thomas M. Sheridan

Rank: Technician Fifth Class, U.S. Army

Serial: 32066308

Unit: U.S. Infantry

Entered service from: New Jersey

Died: December 22, 1944

Buried at: New St. Mary’s Cemetery, Bellmawr, New Jersey

Awards: Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Technician Fifth Class Thomas M. Sheridan of 307 Mercer Street, Gloucester City, New Jersey, was a graduate of St. Mary’s High School in Gloucester City. He entered the Army in 1941. In four years of service, he participated in every invasion from North Africa to Germany. He was wounded during the invasion of Cherbourg and was released from a hospital in September of 1944, at which point he returned to active combat with an infantry unit.

Sergeant Sheridan was killed in action in Belgium on December 22, 1944. He was 34 years old. He was survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Michael Sheridan, three brothers—Joseph, John, and Edward—all of Gloucester City, and two sisters, Mrs. Margaret Sinon of Woodlynne and Mrs. Mary Rivers of New York City.

Sergeant Sheridan’s remains were returned to New Jersey in the fall of 1947. He was buried at New St. Mary’s Cemetery in Bellmawr, New Jersey, in November of that year, with a military funeral held at St. Mary’s Church in Gloucester City. Thomas Sheridan is remembered by his friend, Tom Laverty of American Legion Post 150, Mount Ephraim, New Jersey.