World War II Honoree

John W. Heiney

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Oxford, Pennsylvania

Honored By

A Grateful American

INITIALLY SERVING AS A FIRST LIEUTENANT OF INFANTRY, AND AFTER GRADUATING FROM OFFICERS COURSE AND THE COMMAND AND GENERAL STAFF COLLEGE , SERVING AS A LIEUTENANT COLONEL OF INFANTRY, COMMANDING THE SECOND BATTALION OF THE THIRD INFANTRY REGIMENT. PARTICIPATING IN THE BATTLE OF NORTHERN FRANCE, COMMANDED SEVERAL PRISONER OF WAR CAMPS, AND THE RECIPIENT OF THE BRONZE STAR.