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Personal info

Full name
HELLINGS, John F
Date of birth
1915
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Brooklyn, Kings County, New York
Hometown
Brooklyn, Kings County, New York

Military service

Service number
O-1060477
Rank
First Lieutenant
Function
unknown
Unit
37th Tank Battalion,
4th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
27 February 1945
Place of death
In the Rittersdorf vicinity, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
B 7 16

Immediate family

Members
Frank Hellings (father)
Victoria F. (Bell) Hellings (mother)
Charles W. Hellings (brother)
Thomas V. Hellings (brother)
Marion B. (Herland) Hellings (wife)
Richard L. Hellings (son)

More information

1st Lt John F. Hellings attended Brooklyn Technical High School and was employed by the New York Life Insurance Company.

He enlisted in 1943 and was selected for the Officers Candidate School in Camp Davis, North Carolina. He was commisioned in the spring of 1944.

Source of information: André Koch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1920/1930/1940 Census / Hellings Genealogy, https://www.newspapers.com- The Brooklyn Daily Eagle of 13 March 1945, AAR 37th Tank Battalion Feb 45 -May 45

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