US PARAS Heitsman, Melvin Avery

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Heitsman ​

• FORENAME

Melvin Avery ​

• UNIT

501 Parachute Infantry Regiment (Company F) ​

• RANK

Private ​

• NUMBER

37355624 ​

• DATE OF DEATH

20th December 1944 ​

• AGE

22​

• GRAVESITE

Luxembourg American Cemetery, Luxembourg Plot D Row 10 Grave 2 ​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

from Grand Junction, Mesa County, Colorado​

born 20.09.1922 Grand Junction, Colorado, USA​

father Abraham Lincoln Heitsman, Jr. (1900-1932)​

grammar school education​

civil occupation unskilled nonprocess occupations in manufacturing​

employed by F.M. Shideler, Crystal River Ranch, Carbondale, Colorado​

employed by Western Railways Ice Company​

single with dependents upon enlistment​

resided Route 1, Grand Junction, Mesa County, Colorado (draft card)​

1940 draft card Grand Junction, Colorado​

23.12.1942 entered service Pueblo, Colorado​

1943 married Wanda Lambert​

12.06.1944 WIA Carenton, France​

Next of kin - Wife. Mrs. Wanda L. Heitsman, 923 South 5th Street, Grand Junction, Colorado​

KIA Belgium ​

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