Plaque for Major Jack Cameron Heist at Greenwood Cemetery

Plaque for Major Jack Cameron Heist at Greenwood Cemetery

Plaque for Maj. Jack Heist

Orlando (Fla.)

World War II, 1939-1945

Army

Veterans--Florida

Cemeteries--Florida

The plaque for Major Jack Cameron Heist (1919-1944) at Greenwood Cemetery in Orlando, Florida. Maj. Heist was born to Henry S. Heist and Christina Heist on November 6, 1919, in Eustis, Florida. He received his commission on May 29, 1941, to serve in World War II. Maj. Heist was an Ammunition Officer for the XIX Corps. He died during his service in an ambush on September 2, 1944, near Thiant, France. He is currently buried at the Epinal American Cemetery and Memorial in Dinozé, France. Maj. Heist is one of 85 Florida residents interned at Epinal.

Smith, Tom

Smith, Gloria

Original color digital image by Tom Smith and Gloria Smith, April 8, 2013: Private Collection of Tom Smith and Gloria Smith.

2013-04-08

Epinal American Cemetery Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.

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Greenwood Cemetery, Orlando, Florida

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Originally created by Tom Smith and Gloria Smith.

Copyright to this resource is held by Tom Smith and Gloria Smith and is provided here by RICHES of Central Florida for educational purposes only.

Epinal Cemetery Project

Almanza, Esteban

Cepero, Laura

"Libération de Thiant." La Voix Du Nord. http://www.lavoixdunord.fr/region/liberation-de-thiant-l-histoire-bouleversante-du-ia27b36952n2369051.

"Maj Jack C Heist." Find A Grave. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=heist&GSiman=1&GScid=1991677&GRid=56372930& .

"Local Men in Armed Forces." The Wilkes-Barre Record, December 24, 1942, page 6. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/4441134/the_wilkesbarre_record/.

IN MEMORY OF
JACK C HEIST
MAJ US ARMY WW II
NOV 6 1919 SEP 2 1944
PURPLE HEART
KILLED IN ACTION

INTERRED IN
EPINAL AMERICAN
CEMETERY
EPINAL, FRANCE