World War II Honoree
Killed in World War II
William Daniel Richard Hedtke
Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Northland, Wisconsin
Honored By
Linda Windmoeller
Relationship
Cousin
82ND AIRBORNE DIVISION GLIDER CREW MEMBER; COMBAT IN MAIORI, SALERNO, CAMPANIA, ITALY (NOV 1943); COMBAT IN D-DAY; STE-MERE-EGLISE, MANCHE, BASSE-NORMANDIE, FRANCE (23 JUNE 1944 PURPLE HEART AWARD); COMBAT IN OPERATION MARKET GARDEN, LANDING ZONE 'T' GROESBEEK-NIJMEGEN, GELDERLAND, NETHERLAND; DIED ON 18 SEPTEMBER 1944 IN ZYFFLICH, KLEVE, NORTH RHINE-WESTPHALIA, GERMANY (PURPLE HEART AWARD); COMMEMORATED ON THE WALLS OF THE MISSING, MARGRATEN AMERICAN CEMETERY, HONTHEM, MARGRATEN, LIMBURG, NETHERLANDS.