The Korean War Veterans Honor Roll
James W. Sheppard
Rank
Sergeant First Class, U.S. Army
Unit
C BTRY 503 FA BN 2 DIV
Date of Death
February 9, 1951
Sergeant First Class Sheppard was a member of Battery C, 503rd Field Artillery Battalion, 2nd Infantry Division. He was taken Prisoner of War while fighting the enemy near Kunu-ri, North Korea on December 1, 1950 and died while a prisoner on February 9, 1951. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.