Coons, Sheldon R. Jr.
Army Sergeant

Sheldon R. Jr. Coons, age 23, from Westchester County New York.

Parents: Sheldon R. Coons

Service era: World War II
Schools: Scarborough School graduate, University of North Carolina
Military history: 351st 8th Air Force

Date of death: Friday, June 8, 1945
Death details: Killed when the B-17 Flying Fortress in which he was returning to the United States crashed and burned in Wales. He was on the first lap of a furlough trip when the accident occurred.

Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, Wilkes Barre Times Leader (1945)