Rank: Corporal
Unit: Troop B, 36th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron, 11th Cavalry Group (Mecz)
Awards: Silver Star
Entered service: 16-Sep-1940
Enlisted: Marshfield, Oregon
Enlisted by: National Guard (Officers, Warrant Officers, and Enlisted Men)
Date of birth: 22-Feb-1920
Hometown: Linn County, Oregon
Marital status: Single, without dependents. Parents: Frank Cartwright Sheler and Ora Etta [Roscoe] Sheler
Campaign: World War II
Date of casualty: 3-Mar-1945
Age at death: 25
Cause of death: Killed in action.
Place of interment: Willamette Memorial Park, Albany, Oregon, USA
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