US Army Leyte Island, Philippine Islands
112th Cavalry Regiment and
112th Regimental Combat Team (RCT)
The 112th Regimental Combat Team (RCT) departed Aitape for Leyte in the Philippines on October 31, 1944.
Nov 14, 1944 - Landed on east coast of Leyte, Philippine Islands. Went into immediate combat attached to 1st Cavalry Division to open Ormac highway. Engaged in bitter fighting over very difficult terrain in Mt. Minoro-Sinayawan area and assisted in capture of Loney and Cananga.
His parents were Paul and Catherine (Meurer) Heidenfelder. He was one of 12 children who survived to adulthood: Finton, Johanna, Paul, Christine, Marie, Margaret (Dolly), Joseph (Bud), Katheryn, Virginia, Bernard, Norbert, and Robert.
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CPL. BERNARD HEIDENFELDER
Killed in action in Leyte, Nov. 30, 1944, husband of Lois Heidenfelder (nee Gilland), father of Geraldine, son of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Heidenfelder Sr.
Memorial Requiem High Mass, Tues., March 20, 9a.m. at Notre Dame Church, Wellston, relatives and friends invited.
--St. Louis Post-Dispatch 3/18/1945
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Sgt Bernard Heidenfelder, 21 years old, attached to the mechanized cavalry, was killed in action on Leyte on Nov. 30. He formerly lived with his sister, Mrs. Margaret Elken at 5971 Maple avenue. His wife and daughter live in Orange Heights, Cal.
--St. Louis Post-Dispatch 12/27/1944
Married Lois Anita Gilland in 1942. Father of Geraldine Elaine.
US Army Leyte Island, Philippine Islands
112th Cavalry Regiment and
112th Regimental Combat Team (RCT)
The 112th Regimental Combat Team (RCT) departed Aitape for Leyte in the Philippines on October 31, 1944.
Nov 14, 1944 - Landed on east coast of Leyte, Philippine Islands. Went into immediate combat attached to 1st Cavalry Division to open Ormac highway. Engaged in bitter fighting over very difficult terrain in Mt. Minoro-Sinayawan area and assisted in capture of Loney and Cananga.
His parents were Paul and Catherine (Meurer) Heidenfelder. He was one of 12 children who survived to adulthood: Finton, Johanna, Paul, Christine, Marie, Margaret (Dolly), Joseph (Bud), Katheryn, Virginia, Bernard, Norbert, and Robert.
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CPL. BERNARD HEIDENFELDER
Killed in action in Leyte, Nov. 30, 1944, husband of Lois Heidenfelder (nee Gilland), father of Geraldine, son of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Heidenfelder Sr.
Memorial Requiem High Mass, Tues., March 20, 9a.m. at Notre Dame Church, Wellston, relatives and friends invited.
--St. Louis Post-Dispatch 3/18/1945
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Sgt Bernard Heidenfelder, 21 years old, attached to the mechanized cavalry, was killed in action on Leyte on Nov. 30. He formerly lived with his sister, Mrs. Margaret Elken at 5971 Maple avenue. His wife and daughter live in Orange Heights, Cal.
--St. Louis Post-Dispatch 12/27/1944
Married Lois Anita Gilland in 1942. Father of Geraldine Elaine.
Family Members
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Fintan P. Heidenfelder
1910–1990
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Johanna C Heidenfelder Hargis
1911–1963
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Paul John Heidenfelder
1913–1976
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Christine Frances Heidenfelder Coleman
1915–2014
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Frances Annie "Infant" Heidenfelder
1916–1916
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Catherine A. Heidenfelder
1917–1918
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Mary Heidenfelder
1917–1917
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Marie Gertrude Heidenfelder Hart
1919–1994
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Margaret Frances "Dolly" Heidenfelder Garland
1919–2002
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Joseph Ferdinand "Bud" Heidenfelder
1920–2003
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Virginia M. "Ginny" Heidenfelder Lowry
1921–2004
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Catherine Elizabeth Heidenfelder Murrell
1922–2014
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Norbert Louis "Norb" Heidenfelder
1925–2001
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Robert E "Bob" Heidenfelder
1928–2006