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Beyond the Chindwin
By Bernard Fergusson
Section D for Destruction: Forerunner of SOE
By Malcolm Atkin
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<blockquote data-quote="Craig Robertson" data-source="post: 60783" data-attributes="member: 6852"><p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>SURNAME</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Heffner</em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>FORENAME</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Robert Ellis</em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>UNIT</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>3rd Raider Battalion (Company K)</em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>RANK</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Private First Class</em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>NUMBER</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>812238</em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>DATE OF DEATH</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>3rd November 1943</em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>AGE</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>19</em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>GRAVESITE</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Evergreen Cemetery, Southgate, Kentucky, USA. Section 61, Lot 153</em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>ADDITIONAL INFORMATION</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>born 12.09.1924, Newport, Kentucky, USA</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>father Herbert Heffner, 316 Stokesay Avenue, Ludlow</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>attended Newport High School</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>brother Arthur Heffner also Marine</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>employed by Eddie Resenbeck</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Next of kin - Mother, Mrs. Bessie Fields, 218 East 9th Street, Newport, Kentucky</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>18.12.1942 enlisted Kentucky</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>KIA Puruata Island, Solomon Islands</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><a href="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/r-heffner-grave.36419/" target="_blank"><img src="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/36/36419-9e762da164bb6ffda019ba5be56c6e08.jpg?1645540416" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="width: 300px; height: 300px" /></a></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)">Although the night of November 2-3 began quietly enough, at around 0200 a flight of enemy bombers swooped down on the beachhead from the north, dropping several bombs on the mainland and on Puruata Island and disturbing everyone's rest. One bomb made a near-direct hit on the 90mm anti-aircraft gun position on Puruata Island, wounding and killing several Marines of the 3rd Defense Battalion and killing two Company "K" Raiders, Pharmacist's Mate Second Class, Cecil L. Mangum and Private First Class, Robert E. Heffner.</span></em></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Craig Robertson, post: 60783, member: 6852"] [LIST] [*][B]SURNAME[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]Heffner[/I][/INDENT] [LIST] [*][B]FORENAME[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]Robert Ellis[/I][/INDENT] [LIST] [*][B]UNIT[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]3rd Raider Battalion (Company K)[/I][/INDENT] [LIST] [*][B]RANK[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]Private First Class[/I][/INDENT] [LIST] [*][B]NUMBER[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]812238[/I][/INDENT] [LIST] [*][B]DATE OF DEATH[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]3rd November 1943[/I][/INDENT] [LIST] [*][B]AGE[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]19[/I][/INDENT] [LIST] [*][B]GRAVESITE[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]Evergreen Cemetery, Southgate, Kentucky, USA. Section 61, Lot 153[/I][/INDENT] [LIST] [*][B]ADDITIONAL INFORMATION[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]born 12.09.1924, Newport, Kentucky, USA[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]father Herbert Heffner, 316 Stokesay Avenue, Ludlow[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]attended Newport High School[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]brother Arthur Heffner also Marine[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]employed by Eddie Resenbeck[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]Next of kin - Mother, Mrs. Bessie Fields, 218 East 9th Street, Newport, Kentucky[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]18.12.1942 enlisted Kentucky[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]KIA Puruata Island, Solomon Islands[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][URL='https://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/r-heffner-grave.36419/'][IMG width="300px" height="300px"]https://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/36/36419-9e762da164bb6ffda019ba5be56c6e08.jpg?1645540416[/IMG][/URL][/INDENT] [INDENT][I][COLOR=rgb(184, 49, 47)]Although the night of November 2-3 began quietly enough, at around 0200 a flight of enemy bombers swooped down on the beachhead from the north, dropping several bombs on the mainland and on Puruata Island and disturbing everyone's rest. One bomb made a near-direct hit on the 90mm anti-aircraft gun position on Puruata Island, wounding and killing several Marines of the 3rd Defense Battalion and killing two Company "K" Raiders, Pharmacist's Mate Second Class, Cecil L. Mangum and Private First Class, Robert E. Heffner.[/COLOR][/I][/INDENT] [/QUOTE]
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