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Personal info

Full name
HECKATHORN, Louis Jay
Date of birth
16 October 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
South Bend, St. Joseph County, Indiana
Hometown
Fulton, Miami County, Indiana

Military service

Service number
35145819
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
311th Infantry Regiment,
78th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
4 February 1945
Place of death
Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
P 9 8

Immediate family

Members
Lester J. Heckathorn (father)
Ida M. (Weller) Hechathorn (mother)
LaDonna (Nichols) Heckathorn (sister)

More information

Pfc Louis J. Heckathorn was a graduate of Fulton High School and drove a milk truck for Armour & Co. before he enlisted in Indianapolis, Indiana on 3 June 1943.
He trained in camps in New York and Virginia and had been overseas since October 1944.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Carla Mans, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.findagrave.com - Cecil Nickell, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - U.S. Headstone and Interment Record

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, LaDonna (Nichols) Heckathorn (sister)