Name:
William Heyward Messer
Rank:
First Lieutenant
Serial Number:
O-422329
Unit:
18th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division
Date of Death:
1944-06-06
State:
Florida
Cemetery:
Normandy American Cemetery, France
Plot:
Tablets of the Missing
Row:
Grave:
Decoration:
Bronze Star, Purple Heart
Comments:
William Heyward Messer was born on November 5, 1919 in Tallahassee, Leon County, Florida. He was the son of James Messer and Eliza Brokaw McDougall Messer. William served in the U.S. Army during World War II as a First Lieutenant in the 18th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division. He was declared "Missing in Action" on June 6, 1944 during the invasion on Omaha Beach, France and is commemorated on Tablets of the Missing, Normandy American Cemetery, Colleville-sur-Mer, France. He also has a cenotaph located in Oakland Cemetery, Tallahassee, Leon County, Florida, USA.