John Clifford Heidler, Jr.
US Navy Reserve | Service Number 635 20 39
August 27, 1925
in Lucas, OH
John Clifford Heidler, Sr.
Mary I. (Klingensmith) Heidler
duPont Manual High School (1943)
Recent graduate
August 12, 1943
at Louisville, KY
May 8, 1944
from VAC Replacement Battalion
June 15, 1944
Killed in action at Saipan
June 15, 1944
Killed in action
143 Seneca Trail, Louisville, KY – home of parents, John & Mary Heidler
Service & Campaigns
Enlisted at Louisville, Kentucky on 12 August 1943; boot camp at Naval Training Center Great Lakes, Illinois, followed by Hospital Corps School. Appointed Hospital Apprentice, Second Class on 17 December 1943; next day, transferred to USNH Mare Island. To Company A, Field Medical School Battalion, Camp Elliott, California, on 17 January 1944. Upon graduation, transferred to Replacement Battalion, VAC for assignment.
Attached to medical section, First Battalion, 24th Marines on 8 May 1944.
Outfit: Medical section, First Battalion, 24th Marines. Company assignment unknown.
Rank: Hospital Apprentice, Second Class
MOS: Corpsman
Important Events:
June 15, 1944 – killed in action; cause and circumstances unknown
Individual Decorations
Medal
Purple Heart
Campaign
Saipan (June 15, 1944)
Citation
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