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Heino Frank Busch, Jr.

Graduating Class of 1942
Served in World War II
Attached photograph of Staff Sergeant Busch

Staff Sergeant
Heino Frank Busch, Jr.

Army
491st Armored Field Artillery Battalion
11th Armored Division

Hometown

Eagle River, WI

Date of Birth

Location of Death

Germany

Date of Death

Location of Burial

Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery, Plombières, Belgium

More About Staff Sergeant Busch

Staff Sergeant Heino Franz Busch Jr. enlisted into the US Army on May 5, 1942, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. After his training, he was sent to Europe where he served as a Staff Sergeant with Battery B, 491st Armored Field Artillery Battalion, 11th Armored Division during their breakthrough of German defenses. While making an advance on the Rhine, near the Prüm River, S/Sgt Busch was killed by a landmine on March 2, 1945. He is buried at the Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery and Memorial in Belgium.