PFC Walter Bernard Heese was born 5 Mar 1922 in Marlin, Texas. He was the 2nd of 4 children born to Frank and Magdalena (Heese) Heese. Walter's father was a native of Lower Saxony, Germany and was his maternal grandfather but they don't seem to have been closely related. Frank Heese was farming on rented land on the Oenaville-Westphalia Road in 1920. The family continued to live near family in Falls County and in 1940 only Walter's youngest brother was not working as farm labor, probably for Herman Meyer. They were renting a house from him for $4 a month but reported no income for 1939.
Walter wasn't drafted until 1944 and after his initial military training he was sent to the European theater. PVT Heese was transferred from the replacement depot to B Company 116th Infantry on 6 Dec 1944 to serve as a rifleman. He fought with the unit until wounded on 5 Apr 1945 and evacuated to a field hospital. PVT Heese died of his wound(s) on that same day.
PVT is buried in the Netherlands American Cemetery.
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