James D Sheldon
, Ohio
Colonel US Army, (Retired) James Davis SheldonA veteran who proudly served his country passed to be with the Lord on October 11, 2026 in Lima, Ohio at the age of 97. Born in the Panama Canal Zone July 9, 1929 to Commander USN, (Ret.) Robert C. and Grace (nee Cunningham) Sheldon, Jim first lived in Pedro Magil, within 100 yards of the locks. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, Jim and his three siblings moved to Dunkirk, OH in 1942 and went back and forth between Ohio, Florida, and Louisiana during the war years. In the summers, he worked with his Granddad Bert Sheldon in the Gilboy Oil Fields as a tool dresser and made $1/hour. He graduated from Martin Berman HS, New Orleans, in 1947, and enrolled at Georgia Tech. After one year, he enlisted in the Army in the Horse Calvary and was sent to Fort Riley, Kansas.…