PFC
Donald W Heckert
Aged 19, fallen January 6, 1945
- Unit
- Company F, 242nd Infantry Regiment
- Serial number
- 37613494
- Hometown
- St Louis, Missouri
- Date of death
- January 6, 1945
- Classification
- Killed in action
- Burial
- Trenton Cemetery, Section 5 Row 3 Grave 29, Trenton, Illinois
Private First Class Donald W Heckert, serial number 37613494, of St Louis, Missouri, served with Company F of the 242nd Infantry Regiment in the 42nd Infantry Division, the Rainbow Division. He was killed in action on January 6, 1945, at the age of 19. He is buried at Trenton Cemetery, Section 5 Row 3 Grave 29, Trenton, Illinois.
Further reading: The 42nd “Rainbow” Division Was Not at the Battle of the Bulge.
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