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Personal info

Full name
HEEDE, Tony
Date of birth
19 March 1911
Age
33
Place of birth
Kristiansand, Vest-Agder, Norway
Hometown
East Bridgewater, Plymouth County, Massachusetts

Military service

Service number
31429036
Rank
Private
Function
Heavy Machine Gunner
Unit
H Company,
2nd Battalion,
116th Infantry Regiment,
29th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
27 November 1944
Place of death
Koslar, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
F 20 16

Immediate family

Members
Axel Heede (father)
Kristine J. (Schou) Heede (mother)
Borge M. Heede (brother)
Fritzjoff P. Heede (brother)
Elfrida Heede (sister)
Gyda Heede (sister)
Conrad Heede (brother)
Harry S. Heede (brother)
Bjorn R. Heede (brother)
Alex Heede Jr. (brother)
Sonja D. Heede (sister)
Lawrence Heede (brother)
Carsten M. Heede (brother)
Joan Heede (wife)
June Heede (daughter)

More information

Pvt Tony Heede immigrated from Norway and was naturalized on 12 December 1938.

He enlisted in Boston, Massachusetts on 30 December 1943 and joined his unit from a replacement depot on 24 October 1944.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - 1940 Census / US Naturalization Record / Family Tree

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet