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Shedd, William, MG USA(Ret).
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Date of Passing Feb 12, 1953
Location of Interment Arlington National Cemetery - Arlington, Virginia
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Last Known Activity MG Shedd was the Director of the AEF Artillery School in France in 1917 and then Chief of the Artillery Section, AEF HQ in 1918.
He was the Director of the US Army Coast Artillery School, Fort Monroe, VA in 1935 - 1937.
The War Department existed from 1789 until September 18, 1947, when it split into Department of the Army and Department of the Air Force and joined the Department of the Navy as part of the new joint National Military Establishment (NME), renamed the United States Department of Defense in 1949.