Cletus J. Shelton - 504th, 82nd Airborne

[Walt's Daughter]

Hello Marion,,Hope all is well your way..I am 39 years old and have info about my Great Uncle Cletus J. Shelton...He was a member of the 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment and 82nd Airborne Division he fought in the Battle Of The Bulge and many places prior to that i have his pictures and two Purple Hearts and other medals..He was killed Jan,7th.1945..in Belgium..He was a Private First Class..He lived in Kennett,Missouri..In Dunklin County,Mo...he was killed defending the ST.Vith,Belgium during the BATTLE Of The Bulge..and was supposed to be involved in Operation Market Garden..I have been corresponding with MR.Art Morneweck..He is a wonderful man who has been very kind and generous to me and my family..He gave me your web site link and info..I am sorry about the large print i have Diabetes,with Diabetic Retinopathy and have much trouble with my vision.I read where you were looking for all WW. ll..info I am very interested in your thoughts and any advice you can give me..Or if any of the infromation i have that you may be interested in..I will keep this short as i know you are very busy...Please feel free to contact me ,,I would love to hear from you..I will await your response..Thank you for reading this..Take care and please forgive any typing or grammar errors..I will make a donation to your site when i can..God Bless you and yours..I will include my phone number . (deleted for privacy). Here is my email address

 

stephanie_71982@yahoo.com

 

Thank you so much for your valuable time...

 

Sincerely.

Stephanie ..

 

September, 24th.2005.

[Walt's Daughter]

Dear Stephanie:

 

I am very glad to hear from you. Sorry to hear about your vision problems. There is no need to apologize for any reason. After all I am used to using large bold type because many of my contacts are over 80 and don't have the best eyesight either. So bigger is better.

 

I hope you have found some of the links on my site regarding the great 82nd. My dad's unit was in direct support of the 82nd in Sicily in 1943. I have a lot of admiration for the men of this unit too. I will list the links here for you again, since the font on my Links Page may be too small for you to easily read.

 

http://www.ww2-airborne.us/division/82_overview.html

http://www.lonesentry.com/gi_stories_bookl...orne/index.html

http://www.strikehold504th.com/

http://chs82nd.homestead.com/82ndPage.html

 

I am so sorry to hear that your uncle was killed during in Belgium. How sad that you never got to know him. I admire you for your interest in your uncle and his WWII history. I'm sure he is smiling down from heaven along with my dad. It is up to folks like us to keep their spirits alive.

 

I will post the information on my forum in the hope that someone may recognize him name and contact either you or I. I have had a great deal of success in hooking up people with one another and who knows, maybe you will be one of them.

 

Please feel free to keep in contact and maybe we can complete a page for your uncle. It would be my honor.

 

Warmest regards,

Marion J Chard

Proud Daughter of Walter (Monday) Poniedzialek

VI Corps, 540th Combat Engineer WWII

http://www.6thcorpscombatengineers.com

Essayons!

[Walt's Daughter]

Stephanie:

 

I posted the info on Strikeholds' forum and will let you know if I hear anything from them. That site is dedicated to the 504th.

[Walt's Daughter]

Just saw on the Strikehold site this message:

 

All--

 

I wrote to Stephanie yesterday after receiving a direct inquiry from her regarding her uncle. Shelton, I believe, was a member of Ernest Murphy's platoon of H Company, and was one of six H Co. men killed on the road to Petite Halleaux on 7JAN45 when a TD that was near them hit a mine and blew up. This is described in Maggie's book on page 211.

 

Dave Berry

http://www.pathfinderhistoricalconsultants.com