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Personal info

Full name
HEFFRON, Francis C
Date of birth
12 June 1920
Age
24
Place of birth
Thomaston, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33617948
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
393rd Infantry Regiment,
99th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
17 December 1944
Place of death
Near Elsenborn, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
Plot Row Grave
A 44 13

Immediate family

Members
Martin Heffron (father)
Ellen N. (Craney) Heffron (mother)
Martin Heffron (brother)
James Heffron (brother)
Joseph Heffron (brother)
Madeline Heffron (sister)
Helen Heffron (sister)
Dorothy Heffron (sister)
Teresa Heffron (sister)
Edward Heffron (brother)
Marie Heffron (sister)
Celestine Heffron (sister)

More information

Pfc Francis C. Heffron enlisted in Allentown, Pennsylvania on 27 February 1943.

He attended high school for 2 years and was a miner before he enlisted.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil / 1930/1940 Census / Schuykill County Genealogy, Combat Chronicle, WWII Draft Card

Photo source: www.findagrave.com, Pottsville Republican - 14 August 1943