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Richard H. Heimbigner

Birth	:	24 Sep 1930 Ritzville, Adams County, Washington, USA
Death	:	14 Oct 1952
Burial	:	North Clarence Cemetery, Clarence Center, Calhoun County, USA
Coordinate	:	42.4075000, -84.8008330
Description	:	Ritzville Journal-Times Oct. 30 1952 Ritzville Loses First Boy in Korean War Richard Heimbigner, Infantryman, Killed in Action Oct 14, Telegram States. Ritzville lost its first son to the Korean War Oct. 14, it was learned Wednesday, when Richard Heimbigner, 22-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Heimbigner, was killed in action fighting on the front lines. Heimbigner's parents and his bride of less than 14 months, the former Verna Stelzer of Lind, received war department telegrams yesterday. An outstading Ritzville high school student with the class of '48, Heimbigners was serving as an infantry platoon leader with the Seventh Division in Korea. He... Read More	Ritzville Journal-Times Oct. 30 1952 Ritzville Loses First Boy in Korean War Richard Heimbigner, Infantryman, Killed in Action Oct 14, Telegram States. Ritzville lost its first son to the Korean War Oct. 14, it was learned Wednesday, when Richard Heimbigner, 22-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Heimbigner, was killed in action fighting on the front lines. Heimbigner's parents and his bride of less than 14 months, the former Verna Stelzer of Lind, received war department telegrams yesterday. An outstading Ritzville high school student with the class of '48, Heimbigners was serving as an infantry platoon leader with the Seventh Division in Korea. He was scheduled to be discharged next March. Heimbigners is believed to be the first Ritzville youth - and possibly the first Adams county son - to be killed in the Korean War. After graduation from high school Heimbigner did farm work until his induction in the spring of 1951. He was married to the former Verna Stelzer, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Dan Stelzer of Lind. The couple lived in Paso Robles, Calif., until Heimbigner was shipped overseas. He had been in Korea since last April. Mrs. Heimbigner returned to live with her parents in Lind. She has been employed at Emerson Drug Center. Born and raised in Ritzville area, Heimbigner compiled an outstanding record at the local high school. He played on the Ritzville basketball team to compete in the northern district tournament and was a member of Ritzville's first place FFA livestock juding team at the Pacific Internation Livestock Exposition. He was FFA president in the '47-'48 class, class officer and a baseball player. He belonged to the student council and boys' Red R club and took part in dramatics. School officials say he was rated as a "good student." Ritzville Journal-Times December 18, 1952 The body of Cpl. Richard Heimbigner, 22 Adams county's first Korean war victim is scheduled to arrive in Ritzville Saturday eveing according to the Danekas and Duncan funeral home. Corporal Heimbigner, an infantry platoon leader with the Seventh Division was killed in action Oct. 14, Word of his death was received in Ritzville Oct. 29 ----Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Monday at the Philadelphia Congregational church. Sue Gardner & gapwork90

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Richard H. Heimbigner's memorial is located at: North Clarence Cemetery, Clarence Center, Calhoun County, USA.
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Richard H. Heimbigner death on 14 Oct 1952 in
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Latitude: 42.4075000
Longitude: -84.8008330

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Frank Heimbigner

(1903 - 1989)

Elizabeth Schoessler Heimbigner

(1904 - 1943)

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