Heldreth, Walter, PVT

Deceased

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Service Details

Last Rank
Private

Last Service Branch
Infantry

Last Primary MOS
745-Rifleman

Last MOS Group
Infantry

Primary Unit
1943-1945, 745, 3rd Brigade, 82nd Airborne Division

Service Years
1942 - 1945

Last Photo

Personal Details

Home State

West Virginia

Year of Birth
1924

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Contact Info

Last Address West Milford
Date of Passing Feb 01, 1998

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Unofficial Badges

1943-1945, 745, HHC, 2nd Battalion, 325th Glider Infantry

From Month/Year - / 1943	To Month/Year - / 1945
Unit HHC Unit Page
Rank Private	MOS 745-Rifleman
Base, Fort or City Not Specified	State/Country Not Specified

Patch	HHC, 2nd Battalion, 325th Glider Infantry Details

	Type Infantry
	Parent Unit 2nd Battalion, 325th Glider Infantry	Strength Company
	Created/Owned By Not Specified

Last Updated: Mar 20, 2020

Memories For This Unit
Best Friends Father said that you wanted no buddies because it hurt to much when they were killed or seriously wounded.	Best Moment End of War

Worst Moment Wounded by German 88mm shrapnel on June 20, 1944 in Germany. Confronting German tank at point blank range in a jeep when turning a corner. Tank turret was pointing in opposite direction allowing my father to escape.	Chain of Command Colonel Harry Lewis, Regimental Commander Captain Dick Gibson, B Company Commander (Carried CPT Gibson from battlefield when CPT was wounded) BG James Gavin chewed my father out for not having his helmet on after dropping CPT Gibson at the aid station. Helmet lost while carrying the captain to safety

Other Memories Surviving a glider landing in Europe in which most of the people on board the glider were killed on impact.

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