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 ��THE FORT SHERIDAN ASSOCIATION

��FIRST LIEUTENANT THOMAS E. M. HEFFERAN

Company M, 126th Infantry, Thirty-second Division. Killed in action at Foret de Jamblets, near Chateau Thierry, on August 4, 1918.

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��1st Lt. THOMAS E. M. HEFFERAN Lieutenant Hefferan was born in Chi-

cago, 111., on October 24, 1896. He was educated in the University of Chi- cago High School, University of Wiscon- sin and Harvard University. He went overseas with the University of Wisconsin Ambulance Unit, serving for five months. He returned to the States and was ad- mitted to the Second Officers' Training Camp at Fort Sheridan, being assigned to the 22nd Company. Upon receipt of his commission he w^as ordered over- seas, sailing on January II, 1918. On ar- rival in France Lieutenant Heffernan was ordered to the American Specialists' School at Langres, Haute-Marne, where he was appointed an instructor for the 3 7 m.m. guns. He later became assist- ant adjutant at the headquarters of the army schools. On his application for transfer to troops, he was assigned to Company K of the 1 26th Infantry, and later transferred to Company M, with which outfit he met his death while lead- his platoon. He was unmarried. Besides his parents, Mr. and Mrs. William S.

fferan, he is survived by one brother, William S. Hefferan, Jr., and one sister, Helen,

of whom reside at 6631 Harvard Avenue, Chicago.

��2nd Lt. ROBERT S. HEIZER

��SECOND LIEUTENANT ROBERT STAUFFER HEIZER

43rd Company, 5th Marines, Second Division. Killed in action at Belleau Woods,

on June 11, 1918.

Lieutenant Heizer was born in Osage

City, Kans., on September 25, 1888. He

was educated in the public schools and graduated from the University of Kansas in 191 I, receiving degrees in law. He was a member of the law firm of Crane, Hayden, Heizer, and Hayden of Topeka, Kans. At the outbreak of war he gave up his practice and entered the Second Officers' Training Camp at Fort Sheridan, being assigned to the Second Company. Upon receipt of his commission he w^as ordered overseas, sailing in February, 1918. Upon arrival in France he took a five weeks' further course in the A. E. F. schools and was then assigned to the 55th Company of the 5th Marines, serv- ing as battalion adjutant, and later was transferred to the 43rd Company. While leading his platoon at Belleau Woods, he was instantly killed by machine gun bul- lets. He was unmarried. His parents, Mr. and Mrs. Robert C. Heizer, of Osage City, Kans., survive.

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