Tec5 Bernard H “Bernie” Heidenfelder

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Tec5 Bernard H “Bernie” Heidenfelder

Birth
Illinois, USA
Death
30 Nov 1944 (aged 21)
Manila, Capital District, National Capital Region, Philippines
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Manila, Capital District, National Capital Region, Philippines Add to Map
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Technician Fifth Class, 112nd Cavalry Regiment, U.S. Army. Entered the service from Missouri. Enlisted 1/21/1943. Killed in Action at age 21. Awarded the Purple Heart.

US Army Leyte Island, Philippine Islands
112th Cavalry Regiment and
112th Regimental Combat Team (RCT)

The 112th Regimental Combat Team (RCT) departed Aitape for Leyte in the Philippines on October 31, 1944.

Nov 14, 1944 - Landed on east coast of Leyte, Philippine Islands. Went into immediate combat attached to 1st Cavalry Division to open Ormac highway. Engaged in bitter fighting over very difficult terrain in Mt. Minoro-Sinayawan area and assisted in capture of Loney and Cananga.

His parents were Paul and Catherine (Meurer) Heidenfelder. He was one of 12 children who survived to adulthood: Finton, Johanna, Paul, Christine, Marie, Margaret (Dolly), Joseph (Bud), Katheryn, Virginia, Bernard, Norbert, and Robert.
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CPL. BERNARD HEIDENFELDER
Killed in action in Leyte, Nov. 30, 1944, husband of Lois Heidenfelder (nee Gilland), father of Geraldine, son of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Heidenfelder Sr.

Memorial Requiem High Mass, Tues., March 20, 9a.m. at Notre Dame Church, Wellston, relatives and friends invited.
--St. Louis Post-Dispatch 3/18/1945
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Sgt Bernard Heidenfelder, 21 years old, attached to the mechanized cavalry, was killed in action on Leyte on Nov. 30. He formerly lived with his sister, Mrs. Margaret Elken at 5971 Maple avenue. His wife and daughter live in Orange Heights, Cal.
--St. Louis Post-Dispatch 12/27/1944

Married Lois Anita Gilland in 1942. Father of Geraldine Elaine.
Technician Fifth Class, 112nd Cavalry Regiment, U.S. Army. Entered the service from Missouri. Enlisted 1/21/1943. Killed in Action at age 21. Awarded the Purple Heart.

US Army Leyte Island, Philippine Islands
112th Cavalry Regiment and
112th Regimental Combat Team (RCT)

The 112th Regimental Combat Team (RCT) departed Aitape for Leyte in the Philippines on October 31, 1944.

Nov 14, 1944 - Landed on east coast of Leyte, Philippine Islands. Went into immediate combat attached to 1st Cavalry Division to open Ormac highway. Engaged in bitter fighting over very difficult terrain in Mt. Minoro-Sinayawan area and assisted in capture of Loney and Cananga.

His parents were Paul and Catherine (Meurer) Heidenfelder. He was one of 12 children who survived to adulthood: Finton, Johanna, Paul, Christine, Marie, Margaret (Dolly), Joseph (Bud), Katheryn, Virginia, Bernard, Norbert, and Robert.
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CPL. BERNARD HEIDENFELDER
Killed in action in Leyte, Nov. 30, 1944, husband of Lois Heidenfelder (nee Gilland), father of Geraldine, son of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Heidenfelder Sr.

Memorial Requiem High Mass, Tues., March 20, 9a.m. at Notre Dame Church, Wellston, relatives and friends invited.
--St. Louis Post-Dispatch 3/18/1945
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Sgt Bernard Heidenfelder, 21 years old, attached to the mechanized cavalry, was killed in action on Leyte on Nov. 30. He formerly lived with his sister, Mrs. Margaret Elken at 5971 Maple avenue. His wife and daughter live in Orange Heights, Cal.
--St. Louis Post-Dispatch 12/27/1944

Married Lois Anita Gilland in 1942. Father of Geraldine Elaine.

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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/10132383/bernard_h-heidenfelder: accessed ), memorial page for Tec5 Bernard H “Bernie” Heidenfelder (19 Apr 1923–30 Nov 1944), Find a Grave Memorial ID 10132383, citing Manila American Cemetery and Memorial, Manila, Capital District, National Capital Region, Philippines; Maintained by Katie (contributor 47010886).