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Personal info

Full name
HEAGY, Melvin Martin
Date of birth
14 April 1923
Age
22
Place of birth
Rapho Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Lancaster, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33507457
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
28th Infantry Regiment,
8th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
14 April 1945
Place of death
Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
B 19 3

Immediate family

Members
Walter F. Heagy (father)
Cora E. Heagy (mother
Mildred L. Heagy (sister)
Richard A. Heagy (brother)
Leona M. Heagy (sister)
Carl L. Heagy (brother)
Jean E. Heagy (sister)
Florence M. Heagy (wife)

More information

Pvt Melvin M. Heagy enlisted in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania on 16 April 1943.
Before entering the service he was employed at the Pennsylvania Railroad Freight Depot.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Astrid van Erp, Carla Mans, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1930 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / Pennsylvania Veteran Compensation Application File

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet / Joel Frampton Gilfert