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Personal info

Full name
HEILMAN, Daniel B
Date of birth
27 May 1919
Age
25
Place of birth
Gainesville, Cooke County, Texas
Hometown
Rush Springs, Grady County, Oklahoma

Military service

Service number
38154804
Rank
Technician Fourth Grade
Function
unknown
Unit
11th Infantry Regiment,
5th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
23 January 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Merscheid-Hoscheid, Luxembourg

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
C 3 2

Immediate family

Members
Archie Heilman (father)
Ava (Stillwell) Heilman (mother)
Bill Heilman (brother)
Cathalena Heilman (sister)
Arthur Heilman (brother)
Dawn Heilman (brother)
Frederick Heilman (brother)
Norman Heilman (brother)
Joyce (Cobb) Heilman (wife)

More information

T/4 Daniel B. Heilman graduated from Bristow High School and worked on a farm.

He enlisted in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma on 9 July 1942.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Records, www.ancestry.com – 1930/1940 Census / U.S. Headstone and Interment Record / Texas Birth Certificates / U.S. Draft Cards Young Men, A footsoldier for Patton / Michael C. Bilder James G. Bilder, The 5th Infantry Division in the ETO

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Luxembourg American Cemetery