Charles Sheppard was a veteran and a peer support specialist with the Milwaukee VA. //end headline wrapper ?>Get a daily rundown of the top stories on Urban Milwaukee
Erin Williams, left, and Dorothy McCollum, right, with a photo of Charles Sheppard, a Navy veteran who helped homeless veterans with his work at the VA. Angela Major/WPR
Not everyone finds what they’re meant to do in life. But
Charles Sheppard did. Friends and family say he truly believed in the value of one veteran helping another, and that’s what he was doing in his role as a peer support specialist with the Milwaukee VA Medical Center.