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​                    Part 13/38 of the Pottawattamie Area World War II Dead Roster, 11 "Hb-He" records
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† Heberlee, Henry Leroy, SN 17-033-411, US Army Air Force, Guthrie Co.
  • b. 9 Dec 1921 Atlantic, Cass Co.; s/o Albert L. Heberlee (b. Montgomery Co.) & Katherine N. Daggett (b. Greene Co., MO); family moved to Guthrie Co.  in early 1920s and to Polk Co. in late 1930s.
  • entered service 29 Dec 1941 at Fort Des Moines, IA from Des Moines; service credited to unknown county; group burial Fort McPherson Natl. Cem., Maxwell, Lincoln Co., NE with fellow crew members.
  • 40th Troop Carrier Sqdn., 317th Troop Carrier Gp., Fifth Air Force, based at Dulag Airfield, Leyte, Philippines; Douglas C-47A Dakota/Skytrain #43-15412 crew chief with pilot Sam T. Barr; d. 5 Mar 1945 en route from Bayug Airfield, Barauen, Leyte to Clark Air Force Base, Luzon, Philippines; aircraft crashed with crew of four and one passenger; all died; bodies later recovered.
  • Air Force War with Japan > Fifth Air Force.

† Heckman, Gail Wayne, SN 620-18-37, US Navy, Cass Co.
  • b. 7 Jun 1920 rural Anita, Grant Twp., Cass Co., s/o Wilbur H. Heckman Sr. (b. Illinois) & Catharine Lindeman (b. Cass Co.).
  • entered service 29 Dec 1941 from Rt. 2, Anita, Cass Co.; next of kin father, Mr. Wilbur H. Heckman, Anito (sic), IA; body not recovered; memorialized Tablets of the Missing, East Coast Memorial, Battery Park, Manhattan, NY; cenotaph Evergreen Cem., Anita, Cass Co.
  • armed guard on SS Topa Topa enroute from Port of Spain, Trinidad in the Caribbean to Takoradi in today's Ghana, Africa; KIA 29 Aug 1942 350 miles north of Cayenne, French Guinea; Topa Topa sunk by two torpedoes from German uboat U-66; 18 crew & seven armed guards died, about 35 survived.
  • WWII Germany > Battle of the Atlantic.

† Heckman, Fred Herman, SN 375-78-78, US Navy, Audubon Co.
  • b. 1 Jul 1912 Audubon Twp., SE Audubon Co.
  • entered service 9 Jul 1936 at Reno, Washoe Co., NV; next of kin brother Walter Henry Heckman, Rt. 3, Exira, Audubon Co.; body not recovered; NOT FOUND abmc.gov list of missing Oct 2024; cenotaph St. Johns Lutheran Cem., Audubon, Audubon Co.
  • Came on board Destroyer USS Chew (DD-106) 9 Jan 1942, reenlisted 9 Jul 1943; still on Chew 9 Nov 1943; transferred to USS Ibex (IX-119), a recently-commissioned floating storage ship, which left San Pedro, CA for Noumea, New Caledonia 23 Jan 1944; d. 24 Jan 1944, swept overboard.
  • WWII Japan > The Pacific Bases.
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† Heckman, John Phillip, SN 37-118-341, US Army, Audubon Co.
  • b. 9 Dec 1906 Audubon Twp., SE Audubon Co., IA.
  • unknown service entry data; service credited to Audubon Co.; buried Keokuk Natl. Cem., Lee Co., IA.
  • Battery C, 437 Anti-Aircraft Bn. (Automatic Weapons), Italy; DOW 15 May 1944 Anzio Beachhead, Lazio, Italy.
  • The MTO > Italy > Battle of Anzio.
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About Fred Herman & John Phillip Heckman:
  • sons of Johan Christian "Chris" Heckmann Jr. (b. Germany; d. 1927) & Anna K. Schwarting (b. Audubon Co.; d. 1916), who farmed in Audubon Twp., SE Audubon Co. Perhaps John died in the Anzio Beachhead hospital.

† Heilig, Kenneth Otto, SN O-1-311-299, US Army, Pierce Co., WA & Crawford Co.
  • b. 7 Oct 1913 Tecumseh, Johnson Co., NE; s/o Jesse R. Heilig & Amy A Viele, both b. Nebraska; family moved to  Blaine Co., MT in 1916 & also lived in Boise, ID.
  • moved to Pierce Co., WA early 1930s; married Jessie C. McLaren of rural Manilla, Crawford Co. 1936.
  • entered service 20 Dec 1941 from Pierce Co., WA; service credited to Pierce Co., WA; buried Brittany American Cem., St. James, Manche Dept., Normandy, France.
  • 41st Inf. Bn., 2nd Armored Div., XIX Corps, First Army; DOW 13 Aug 1944 SW of Falaise in NW France.
  • The ETO > Liberation > Normandy.
  • Notes: brother-in-law, William M. McLaren of Crawford Co., died at Battle of Savo Island.

​† Hemsted, John, SN 39-925-782, US Army, Cass Co. & Bannock Co., ID
  • b. 20 Oct 1913 Blaine Lake, Saskatchewan, Canada; s/o Samuel B. Hemsted (b. Pott. Co.) & Nellie I. Donnelly (b. Poweshiek Co.); family moved from rural Griswold, Waveland Twp., Pott. Co. to Saskatchewan in 1910, returning to rural Griswold, Pleasant Twp., Cass Co. about 1925.
  • married Mildred M. Watson May 1934, two children; moved to Pocatello, Bannock Co., ID in late 1930s.
  • entered service 20 Jun 1944 from Bannock Co., ID; service credited to Cass Co.; buried Atlantic Cem., Cass Co.
  • Co. C, 60th Inf. Regt., 9th Inf. Div., V Corps, First Army; KIA 3 Feb 1945 in Monschau Forest between Monschau & Gemünd, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, head wound from artillery shell fragments.
  • The ETO > Siegfried Line, 1945 > Roer River Dams.

† Henderson, Harry Gregory, SN 872-01-35, US Navy, Buchanan Co., MO
  • b. about 1912 St. Joseph, Buchanan Co., MO; s/o Grovener Henderson (b. Posey Co., IL; d. 1920) & Mamie I. Euler (b. St. Joseph); mother & brother, Lloyd E. Henderson, lived in Avoca, Pott. Co. during WWII.
  • in Buchanan Co., MO 1940; married Annette M. Waechter Jul 1940.
  • enlisted 31 Jul 1943 at Omaha; next of kin mother, Mrs. Mamie Euler Henderson, Avoca, IA; body not recovered; memorialized Courts of the Missing, Natl. Cem. of the Pacific, Hololulu, Oahu, Hawaii.
  • Destroyer USS Halligan (DD-584); KIA 26 May 1945, off Tokashiki Is., west of southern Okinawa, Ryukyu Is., Japan; Halligan hit a naval mine & abandoned; 162 died, 80 survived.
  • Iwo Jima & Okinawa > Naval Battle of Okinawa.

† Henderson, Max O., SN 37-485-581, US Army, Pott. Co. & Thayer Co., NE
  • b. 17 Mar 1925 Carleton, Thayer Co., NE; s/o Claude M. Henderson & Wilma J. Yoder, both b. Thayer Co.; lived in Logan, Harrison Co. as a child; parents moved to Oakland, Pott. Co. in early 1940s.
  • entered service 2 Oct 1943 from Carleton, Thayer Co., NE; service credited to Thayer Co., NE; buried Oak Lawn Cem., Oakland, Pott. Co.
  • Co. K, 406th Inf. Regt., 102nd Inf. Div., Ninth Army; KIA 18 Apr 1945, east of Hanover near the Elbe River, Germany.
  • The ETO > Central Europe > Central Germany.

† Henderson, Robert William, SN 20-706-543, US Army, Pott. Co.
  • b. 20 Mar 1920 Co. Bluffs; s/o George H. Henderson (b. Union Co.) & Grace O. Gunn (b. Co. Bluffs).
  • entered service  with National Guard 10 Feb 1941 at Co. Bluffs; service credited to Pott. Co.; buried North Africa American Cem., Carthage, Tunisia.
  • Co. L (Co. Bluffs), 168th Inf. Regt., 34th Inf. Div., II Corps; KIA 16 Feb 1943, Djebel Ksaira, SE of Sidi Bou Zid, Tunisia.
  • Battle of Sidi Bou Zid - The MTO > North Africa > Tunisia.
  • Notes: Father also served in WWII.

† Herrell, George Walter, SN 37-699-107, US Army, Pott. Co. & Douglas Co., NE
  • b. 29 Aug 1920 Wyandotte, Ottawa Co., OK; s/o Clarence Walter Herrell (b. Page Co.; d. 1930) & Eva L. Greenway (b. Nebraska); mother moved family to Omaha in early 1930s and married Leroy L. Stark.
  • married Esther A. Hannibal of Omaha Jan 1939, two children.
  • entered service 26 Jun 1944 from Carter Lake, Pott. Co.; service credited to Douglas Co., NE; buried Netherlands American Cem., Margraten, SE of Maastricht, Netherlands.
  • Co. A, 60th Armored Inf. Bn., 9th Armored Div., First Army; KIA 31 Mar 1945 attacking Luftwaffe airfield near Fritzlar, SW of Kassel, Germany.
  • The ETO > Central Europe > Beyond the Rhine. 
  • Notes: posthumous Silver Star; son Daniel killed in Vietnam.
  • RAC Family History Note: George Herrell was married to my mother's second cousin.

† Hetrick, Jacob Alvin, SN O-733-132, US Army Air Force, Pott. Co.
  • b. 16 Jun 1923 York Twp., rural Oakland, Pott. Co.; s/o Ivan Hetrick (b. Oakland, Pott. Co.) & Gladys Madge Potter (b. James Twp., Pott. Co.).
  • entered service 24 Feb 1943 from rural Oakland, Pott. Co.; service credited to Pott. Co.; group burial Jefferson Barracks Natl. Cem., St. Louis, MO.
  • 75th Bomb. Sqdn., 42nd Bomb Gp., Thirteenth Air Force, based at Mar Drome, NE of Sansapor, Vogelkop Peninsula, Netherlands New Guinea as of 14 Sep 1944; North American B-25J Mitchell # xx-xx965 co-pilot (full tail number unknown) with pilot John F. Wolfe; KIA 16 Feb 1945 ten miles east of Kendari, SE Celebes, Dutch Indies; downed by Japanese AA during low-level attack on Kendari airfield.
  • Air Force War with Japan > Thirteenth Air Force.
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