Missing information?

Do you have any additional information you would like to share about a soldier?

Submit

Personal info

Full name
HEAVENS, Harry Charles
Date of birth
18 December 1922
Age
21
Place of birth
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33578972
Rank
Corporal
Function
unknown
Unit
M Company,
3rd Battalion,
358th Infantry Regiment,
90th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
12 November 1944
Place of death
Near Metz, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 12 12

Immediate family

Members
Helen Heavens (mother)

More information

Cpl Harry C. Heavens attended high school for 2 years and was a mechanic before he enlisted in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on 22 January 1943.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Limey, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Pennsylvania Veteran Compensation Application Files WWII, www.findagrave.com

Photo source:
www.ancestry.com – Ba Phipps