John Sheldon Doud Eisenhower was born in Denver on Aug. 3, 1922, the second son of Dwight D. Eisenhower and Mamie Doud Eisenhower. Their first child had died of … John Sheldon Doud Eisenhower was born in Denver on Aug. 3, 1922, the second son of Dwight D. Eisenhower and Mamie Doud Eisenhower… His military career spanned from before, during, and after his father's presidency, and he left active duty in 1963 and then retired in 1974. Eisenhower’s hatred, passed through the lens of a compliant military bureaucracy, produced the horror of death camps unequaled by anything in American military history. John Sheldon Doud Eisenhower was born in Denver on Aug. 3, 1922, the second son of Dwight D. Eisenhower and Mamie Doud Eisenhower. No cause of death was given. John S.D. Eisenhower, a soldier, diplomat and acclaimed historian who was the only surviving son of President Dwight D. Eisenhower, died Dec. 21 at his home in Trappe, on Maryland’s Eastern Shore. John Sheldon Doud Eisenhower was born in Denver on Aug. 3, 1922, the second son of Dwight D. Eisenhower and Mamie Doud Eisenhower. He is survived by his second wife Joanne Thompson Eisenhower. John Eisenhower died Saturday, Dec 21, in his Maryland home. In the face of the catastrophic consequences of this hatred, the casual indifference expressed by the SHAEF officers is the most painful aspect of the U.S. Army’s involvement. John Sheldon Doud Eisenhower (August 3, 1922 – December 21, 2013) was a United States Army officer, diplomat, and military historian. Mrs Eisenhower and the Nixons became very close after Gen. Eisenhower's death in 1969. Their first child had died of … Their first child had died of … Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel called Eisenhower “a true patriot” and praised him as “an accomplished soldier, diplomat and author.” John Sheldon Doud Eisenhower was born in Denver on Aug. 3, 1922, the second son of Dwight D. Eisenhower and Mamie Doud Eisenhower. He was a son of President Dwight D. Eisenhower and First Lady Mamie Eisenhower. His family is unaware of the cause of death. Advertisement. In a statement, his family gave no cause of death.