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View a eulogy for Alfred Edwin Sheldon, USMA '55, who passed away on February 4, 2009.

Alfred Edwin Sheldon

West Point, 1955

Be Thou At Peace

Posted by West Point 1955 on May 30, 2016:



Alfred Edwin Sheldon, Jr.

Alfred Edwin Sheldon, Jr. was born in New Jersey on 11 January 1932. He entered the Military Academy on 3 JUL 1951 with the class of 1955. After "Beast Barracks", Al became a member of Company G,2 where he roomed with Dick Hawkins and Kelly Lichtenberg. While a cadet he joined the debate council, Russian and golf clubs and served on the Honor Committee. Al experienced no trouble with academics and graduated in the top fifteen per cent of the class. During branch selection, First Class Year, he chose to become a member of the Air Force upon graduation; Al resigned his commission in 1965 after honorably and faithfully serving his country. He died from heart failure on 2 February 2009 after a brief illness.

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