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Personal info

Full name
HEATHERLEY, Robert Vane Brooks
Date of birth
24 March 1920
Age
24
Place of birth
Spartanburg County, North Carolina
Hometown
Zirconia, Henderson County, North Carolina

Military service

Service number
34254762
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
E Company,
2nd Battalion,
327th Glider Infantry Regiment,
101st Airborne Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
7 October 1944
Place of death
Near Opheusden, The Netherlands

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
K 1 3

Immediate family

Members
Benjamin F. Heatherley (father)
Ophelia (McCall) Heatherly (mother)
Leo Heatherly (brother)
Homer C. Heatherly (brother)
R. F. Healtherly (brother)

More information

Pfc Robert V. Heatherley enlisted at Fort Bragg, North Carolina on 11 March 1942. At the time of his enlistment, he was working on a farm.

Pfc Robert V. Heatherley was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Molenhoek, the Netherlands.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, http://www.ww2-airborne.us/units/327/327_honor_hj.html, www.ancestry.com - U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, www.ancestry.com - U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil/1930 Census, http://hendersonheritage.com/world-war-ii-heroes/

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet