around him, he skillfully and effectively handled his awkward weapon to place two well-aimed rockets into the structure. Observing that the door was only weakened, and realizing that a gap must be made for a successful assault, he loaded his last rocket, took careful aim, and blasted a hole through the heavy planks. Turning to his company he shouted, "Come on, let's get them!" With his .45 pistol blazing, he charged into the gaping entrance and was killed by the withering fire that met him. The final assault on Frezenberg Castle was made through the gap which Pfc. Sheridan gave his life to create. Dedications In Augsburg, Germany, the Sheridan-Kaserne, the united site of what used to be three Wehrmacht barracks, was named after Carl V. Sheridan in 1953. After the withdrawal of the American forces from the Sheridan-Barracks in 1998, a new concept for the use of the large area called Sheridan Park was worked out. In its implementation almost all buildings of the barracks were demolished from 2006 onwards. Sheridan-Hood Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 3065 in the Hampden neighborhood of Baltimore, MD was founded in 1945 and is named in part in memory of Pfc. Sheridan. See also List of Medal of Honor recipients List of Medal of Honor recipients for World War II References 1925 births 1944 deaths United States Army personnel killed in World War II United States Army Medal of Honor recipients Military personnel from Baltimore United States Army soldiers World War II recipients of the Medal of Honor Burials at Druid Ridge Cemetery