Sergeant First Class Heath was a member of the 23rd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division. He was Killed in Action while fighting the enemy in South Korea on September 1, 1950. Awarded Silver Star.
TWO KILLED, THIRD IS MISSING IN KOREA, FAMILIES OF CINCINNATIANS LEARN
Northern Kentucky and Mt. Auburn Soldiers Added to Gold Star List
Two more Greater Cincinnati were listed yesterday as killed in action in Korea and a third was reported missing.
Listed by the Department of Defense as killed were Sgt. Wayne D. Heath, 33, husband of Mrs. Verdia Heath, 327 Highland Ave., South Fort Mitchell, [...]
Mrs. Heath was informed in a Department of Defense telegram Monday night that her husband was killed September 1. And only yesterday Mrs. Heath received three letters from her husband. They were dated August 31, August 29, and August 28.
In his letter of August 31, Sergeant Heath told his wife that he was resting and waiting to be sent back to the front. In an unfinished letter written August 29 he described battle conditions as "terrible". He said it was a case of fighting from "foxhole to foxhole".
A veteran of 11 years service in the Army, Sergeant Heath was on his third overseas assignment. In World War II he fought in France and Germany. Wounded in France, he received the Purple Heart. He had the bronze star and four major battle stars also.
Sergeant and Mrs. Heath have two daughters, Virginia, 13, and Judith, 8, students at Beechwood School. [...]
Cincinnati Enquirer September 13, 1950 Pg. 01
TWO KILLED, THIRD IS MISSING IN KOREA, FAMILIES OF CINCINNATIANS LEARN
Northern Kentucky and Mt. Auburn Soldiers Added to Gold Star List
Two more Greater Cincinnati were listed yesterday as killed in action in Korea and a third was reported missing.
Listed by the Department of Defense as killed were Sgt. Wayne D. Heath, 33, husband of Mrs. Verdia Heath, 327 Highland Ave., South Fort Mitchell, [...]
Mrs. Heath was informed in a Department of Defense telegram Monday night that her husband was killed September 1. And only yesterday Mrs. Heath received three letters from her husband. They were dated August 31, August 29, and August 28.
In his letter of August 31, Sergeant Heath told his wife that he was resting and waiting to be sent back to the front. In an unfinished letter written August 29 he described battle conditions as "terrible". He said it was a case of fighting from "foxhole to foxhole".
A veteran of 11 years service in the Army, Sergeant Heath was on his third overseas assignment. In World War II he fought in France and Germany. Wounded in France, he received the Purple Heart. He had the bronze star and four major battle stars also.
Sergeant and Mrs. Heath have two daughters, Virginia, 13, and Judith, 8, students at Beechwood School. [...]
Cincinnati Enquirer September 13, 1950 Pg. 01
Sergeant First Class Heath was a member of the 23rd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division. He was Killed in Action while fighting the enemy in South Korea on September 1, 1950. Awarded Silver Star.
TWO KILLED, THIRD IS MISSING IN KOREA, FAMILIES OF CINCINNATIANS LEARN
Northern Kentucky and Mt. Auburn Soldiers Added to Gold Star List
Two more Greater Cincinnati were listed yesterday as killed in action in Korea and a third was reported missing.
Listed by the Department of Defense as killed were Sgt. Wayne D. Heath, 33, husband of Mrs. Verdia Heath, 327 Highland Ave., South Fort Mitchell, [...]
Mrs. Heath was informed in a Department of Defense telegram Monday night that her husband was killed September 1. And only yesterday Mrs. Heath received three letters from her husband. They were dated August 31, August 29, and August 28.
In his letter of August 31, Sergeant Heath told his wife that he was resting and waiting to be sent back to the front. In an unfinished letter written August 29 he described battle conditions as "terrible". He said it was a case of fighting from "foxhole to foxhole".
A veteran of 11 years service in the Army, Sergeant Heath was on his third overseas assignment. In World War II he fought in France and Germany. Wounded in France, he received the Purple Heart. He had the bronze star and four major battle stars also.
Sergeant and Mrs. Heath have two daughters, Virginia, 13, and Judith, 8, students at Beechwood School. [...]
Cincinnati Enquirer September 13, 1950 Pg. 01
TWO KILLED, THIRD IS MISSING IN KOREA, FAMILIES OF CINCINNATIANS LEARN
Northern Kentucky and Mt. Auburn Soldiers Added to Gold Star List
Two more Greater Cincinnati were listed yesterday as killed in action in Korea and a third was reported missing.
Listed by the Department of Defense as killed were Sgt. Wayne D. Heath, 33, husband of Mrs. Verdia Heath, 327 Highland Ave., South Fort Mitchell, [...]
Mrs. Heath was informed in a Department of Defense telegram Monday night that her husband was killed September 1. And only yesterday Mrs. Heath received three letters from her husband. They were dated August 31, August 29, and August 28.
In his letter of August 31, Sergeant Heath told his wife that he was resting and waiting to be sent back to the front. In an unfinished letter written August 29 he described battle conditions as "terrible". He said it was a case of fighting from "foxhole to foxhole".
A veteran of 11 years service in the Army, Sergeant Heath was on his third overseas assignment. In World War II he fought in France and Germany. Wounded in France, he received the Purple Heart. He had the bronze star and four major battle stars also.
Sergeant and Mrs. Heath have two daughters, Virginia, 13, and Judith, 8, students at Beechwood School. [...]
Cincinnati Enquirer September 13, 1950 Pg. 01
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