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HEITSMAN, Melvin Avery - Date of
birth
20 September 1922 -
Age
22 - Place of
birth
Grand Junction, Mesa County, Colorado -
Hometown
Mesa County, Colorado
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
37355624 -
Rank
Private -
Function
unknown -
Unit
F Company,
2nd Battalion,
501st Parachute Infantry Regiment,
101st Airborne Division
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Awards
Purple Heart
Death
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Status
Killed in Action - Date of
death
20 December 1944 - Place of
death
Near Neffe, Belgium
Grave
-
Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
| Plot | Row | Grave |
|---|---|---|
| D | 10 | 2 |
Immediate family
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Members
Abraham L. Heitsman Jr. (father)
Edith M. (Hubbard) Heitsman (mother)
Marion W. Heitsman (brother)
Elizabeth Heitsman (sister)
Wanda (Lambert) Heitsman (wife)
More information
Pvt Melvin A. Heitsman attended Grand Junction High School.He enlisted in Pueblo, Colorado on 23 December 1942 and trained in Ft. Benning, Georgia. and Camp Mackall, North Carolina.
Pvt Heitsman was first buried at Temporary American Military Cemetery Grand Failly, France.
Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Bond Family Tree, http://www.ww2-airborne.us
Photo source: Peter Schouteten, Scott A. Rayl