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Personal info

Full name
HEIN, Henry Meerscheidt
Date of birth
3 March 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas
Hometown
San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas

Military service

Service number
38677838
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
328th Infantry Regiment,
26th Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
22 February 1945
Place of death
Saarbrücken, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Tablets of the Missing

Immediate family

Members
Henry F. Hein (father)
Paula (Meerscheidt) Hein (mother)
Robert A. Hein (brother)

More information

Pvt Henry M. Hein attended college for one year and was a tinsmith, coppersmith and sheet metal worker before he enlisted at Fort Sam, Texas on 29 May 1944.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / 1940 Census, www.findagrave.com, www.fold3.com - 26th Infantry Division
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Frogman