Joseph Francis Sheehan from Landenberg, Pennsylvania, Chester county.
Parents: T. Joseph Sheehan and Helen Sheehan
Service era: World War II
Schools: Kennett Consolidated High (1940), Naval Academy (1944)
Military history: USS Astoria
Date of death: Sunday, January 18, 1948
Death details: His plane crashed into the water immediately after takeoff from an aircraft carrier. Body not recovered.
Source: Chester County Hall of Heroes