Arthur Sheehan
{{short description|US soldier and Purple Heart recipient (1924–1944)}}
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| birth_name = Arthur Edmond Sheehan Jr.
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1924|4|25}}
| birth_place = Fairfield, Connecticut, U.S.
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1944|9|28|1924|4|25}}
| death_place = Germany
| placeofburial = Netherlands American Cemetery
| branch = {{air force|United States}}
| allegiance= {{flag|United States of America}}
| serviceyears = 1943–1944
| servicenumber = 39139011
| unit = 360th Bomber Squadron{{cite web|url=https://api.abmc.gov/decedent-search/sheehan%3Darthur|title=American Battle Monuments Commission.|website=www.abmc.gov}}
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| awards = 30px Air Medal
30px Purple Heart
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Arthur Edmond Sheehan Jr. (April 25, 1924 – September 28, 1944) was a veteran of the armed forces{{cite web|url=https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/2238/records/17775829?tid=&pid=&queryId=c6bfc3a4-0d1a-4b1d-9645-b91db984f77a#?_phcmd=u('https://www.ancestry.com/search/?name%3DArthur_Sheehan%26event%3D_san%2Bfrancisco-california-usa_2599%26birth%3D1924%26birth_x%3D1-0-0%26count%3D50%26event_x%3D_1-0%26name_x%3D1_1%26searchMode%3Dadvanced%26successSource%3DSearch%26queryId%3Dc6bfc3a4-0d1a-4b1d-9645-b91db984f77a','successSource')|title=Ancestry.|website=www.ancestry.com}} and AAA-League baseball player.
Early Years
Sheehan was the son of Arthur and Gladys Sheehan. He attended Galileo High School where he played baseball with the Galileo Lions, winning the All-City Championships in '41, '42, and '43 with an Earned Run Average of 1.3.{{cite news |last1= |first1= |title=All City Prep Nine |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/458468808/?match=1&terms=%22Art%20Sheehan%22 |access-date=30 April 2025 |work=San Francisco Examiner |date=30 May 1943 |pages=38}}{{Cite book|author=Murry Nelson|author-link=|title=American Sports: A History of Icons, Idols, and Ideas|page=172|publisher=Collage Books Inc.|date=2013|isbn=9780313397523}}
Military
He was drafted during World War II and it was reported that he would service in the Coast Guard until he requested being in the Air Force.{{cite news |last1= |first1= |title=Sheehan Scouted |url=https://www.genealogybank.com/explore/newspapers/all/usa/california/san-francisco/san-francisco-chronicle?lname=Sheehan&rgfromDate=&rgtoDate=&formDate=&formDateFlex=exact&dateType=range&kwinc=&kwexc= |access-date=30 April 2025 |work=San Francisco Chronicle |date=4 April 1943 |pages=19}} Sheehan was a Waist Gunner and eventually got promoted to Staff Sergeant. It was September 28, 1944 that his aircraft exploded. His body wasn't found, but he was declared dead on November 2, 1944 and was posthumously awarded a Purple Heart, Air Medal, and Oak Leaf Cluster.{{cite news |last1= |first1= |title=Prep Star Killed |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/458963026/?match=3&terms=%22Arthur%20Sheehan%22%20%22Air%20Medal%22 |access-date=30 April 2025 |work=San Francisco Examiner |date=2 November 1944 |pages=19}} He was inducted into the Hall of Fame at the Galileo Academy of Science and Technology in 1987 and the San Francisco Prep Hall of Fame in 2025.{{cite web|url=http://www.sfprephalloffame.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/SFPHOF-Inductees-Bio-2025-Sheehan.pdf|title=San Francisco Prep Hall of Fame.|website=www.sfprephalloffame.org}}
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|16080830}}
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Category:United States Army Air Forces personnel of World War II