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Personal info

Full name
HEIDEMANN, Norbert Elmer
Date of birth
20 August 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Michigan
Hometown
Bloom, Cook County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
16175104
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
3rd Battalion,
347th Infantry Regiment,
87th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
14 December 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Obergailbach, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 18 7

Immediate family

Members
Louis C. Heidemann (father)
Alma H. (Pflug) Heidemann (mother)
Clarence H. Heidemann (brother)
Mildred H. Heidemann (sister)

More information

Pfc Norbert E. Heidemann graduated from Bloom High School in 1943.

He joined the U.S. Army Reserve in Chicago, Illinois on 30 July 1943.
He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Limey, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Ishikawa Kaine Tree, http://87thinfantrydivision.com, www.findagrave.com
Photo source: -, Bloom High School 1943