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Personal info

Full name
HEFFERNAN, John Robert
Date of birth
23 September 1921
Age
23
Place of birth
Huntington, Huntington County, Indiana
Hometown
Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana

Military service

Service number
15104857
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
51st Armored Infantry Battalion,
4th Armored Division
Awards
Silver Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
29 September 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Bois de Benamont, Athenienville, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 31 58

Immediate family

Members
John A. Heffernan (father)
Fairy F. (Mears) Heffernan (mother)
Martha A. Heffernan (sister)
James J. Heffernan (brother)
Thomas W. Heffernan (brother)

More information

Pvt John R. Heffernan attended Arsenal Technical High School.

He enlisted at Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana on 18 July 1942 and was sent overseas in January 1944.

He was reported wounded in action on 1 August 1944 and after recovering, returned to active duty about a month before he was killed.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Saint James, France.

Source of information: André Koch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / Indiana, Birth Certificates, www.newspapers.com - The Indianapolis Star

Photo source: www.newspapers.com - The Indianapolis Star