World War II Honoree

Marvin J. Heinrich

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Wood River, Nebraska

Honored By

Trudy Overlin

Relationship

Stepdaughter

HE WAS WITH THE 485TH BOMB GROUP AND SERVED IN THE FOLLOWING CAMPAIGNS: BALKANS, NORMANDY AIR OFFENSIVE EUROPE, RHINELAND TO THE PO VALLEY, NORTHERN APENNINES AND CENTRAL EUROPE. ALSO WAS PART OF THE ROME-ARNO CAMPAIGN AND SUPPORTED THE AIR COMBAT MISSIONS IN SOUTHERN AND NORTHERN FRANCE. RECEIVED THE EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN SERVICE MEDAL, GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL AND THE DISTINGUISHED UNIT CITATION DECEMBER 9, 1944.