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Personal info

Full name
HEATON, Edward Lee Roy
Date of birth
6 August 1916
Age
28
Place of birth
Kansas City, Wyandotte County, Missouri
Hometown
Wyandotte County, Kansas

Military service

Service number
37737393
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
423rd Infantry Regiment,
106th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
21 December 1944
Place of death
St. Vith, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
F 15 33

Immediate family

Members
Amos S. Heaton (father)
Sara N. (Seacreas) Heaton (mother)
Claude B. Heaton (brother)
Mary M. Heaton (sister)
John Heaton (brother)
Edwin C. Heaton (brother)
Jessie M. (Morris) Heaton (wife)
Betty L. Heaton (daughter)
Edward E. Heaton (son)
William L. Heaton (son)
Dorothy M. Heaton (daughter)

More information

Pfc Edward L. Heaton enlisted at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas on 20 March 1944.

Pfc Heaton was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Foy, Belgium.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Carla Mans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.findagrave.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / McCann Family Tree / Nelson Family Tree, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, http://106thinfdivassn.org

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Karen Caviness Allen