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Personal info

Full name
HECK, Charles
Date of birth
1914
Age
unknown
Place of birth
New York
Hometown
Rockland County, New York

Military service

Service number
32680775
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
15th Armored Infantry Battalion,
5th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
12 December 1944
Place of death
unknown

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
A 11 51

Immediate family

Members
Charles C. Heck (father)
Sarah Heck (mother)
Esther Heck (sister)
Gerard Heck (brother)

More information

Pfc Charles Heck enlisted in New York City, New York on 10 December 1942.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil / 1930 Census / 1940 census

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Des Philippet