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Personal info

Full name
VANDERHEIDEN, Raymond William "Ray"
Date of birth
7 March 1926
Age
19
Place of birth
Humphrey, Platte County, Nebraska
Hometown
Humprey, Platte County, Nebraska

Military service

Service number
37750755
Rank
Private
Function
Rifleman
Unit
L Company,
3rd Battalion,
317th Infantry Regiment,
80th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
13 March 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Greimerath, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
F 8 7

Immediate family

Members
William L. Vanderheiden (father)
Anna Vanderheiden (mother)
Doris Vanderheiden (sister)
Rita Vanderheiden (sister)
Alma Vanderheiden (sister)

More information

Pvt Raymond W. Vanderheiden graduated from St Francis High School in 1944.

He enlisted at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas on 23 August 1944 and was sent overseas in January 1945.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930/1940 Census, www.80thdivision.com
Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.findagrave.com