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Personal info

Full name
HEIMS, Leo Dale
Date of birth
7 February 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Sumner, Lawrence County, Illinois
Hometown
Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri

Military service

Service number
37525387
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
E Company,
2nd Battalion,
18th Infantry Regiment,
1st Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Finding of Death
Date of death
21 November 1944
Place of death
North of Heisteren, Hürtgen Forest, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
Plot Row Grave
B 43 50

Immediate family

Members
Michael L. Heims (father)
Elizabeth Heims (mother)

More information

Pvt Leo D. Heims attended college for one year.

He enlisted at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas on 11 May 1943.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Carla Mans, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1930 Census / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Janice Crites