Gunner’s Mate, 2d Class Robert Henry Heinz

Gunner’s Mate, 2nd Class Robert Henry Heinz US Navy, born 15 July 1923 in Denver, Colorado. Attended Park Hill grade school, Smiley Junior High and East High; and joined the Navy on 27 January 1941 at the age of 17. Trained at San Diego, California, and served in both the Atlantic and Pacific aboard the USS ARIZONA (BB-39), USS TENNESSEE (BB-43), USS MASSACHUSETS (BB-59), USS CHESTER (CA-27), USS 0-7 (68), and the USS CREVALLE (SS-291). He took part in the battles of Pearl Harbor, Marshalls-Gilberts Raid, Casa Blanca, and was in the Third and Fifth Fleet engagements from November 1942 through February 1945, covering the fighting at the Gilberts, Marshalls, Carolines, Palaus, Marianas, Philippines, Formosa and the China Sea. Honorably discharged on 24 July 1946, Gunner’s Mate Heinz had earned the American Defense Service Medal with Star, American Theater Ribbon, Asiatic Pacific Theater (PTO) Ribbon with 6 Battle Stars, (ETO) Theater Ribbon with Star, Philippine Liberation with 2 Stars, Navy Unit Citation, Good Conduct, and Victory Medal. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry E. Heinz of Denver. 

 

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1- THE FIGHTING MEN OF Colorado – Asiatic-Pacific Theater World War Two – 1948