Blaine M. Heglund

World War II
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Fallen

County:
Burke

Date of Loss:

Branch of Service:
Army

Rank:
Private

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:
558th Field Artillery Battalion

Listed on/in the:
Register of North Dakota Veterans World War II 1941-1945 and Korean Conflict 1950-1953, published 1968

Major Battle/Theatre:
European African Middle Eastern Theater

Circumstances:

Killed in action in Germany

Biography:

Blaine Milo Heglund was born on April 9, 1923 on the family farm in Roseland Township, Burke County, North Dakota. He was the second of nine children born to Carl Conrad and Esther Ida Elizabeth (Erickson) Heglund.
He was baptized on December 4, 1924 at the Elmdale Lutheran Church in Niobe. He was raised on the family farm in Roseland Township, Burke County, North Dakota. Blaine enjoyed spending time with his horses, Dick and Splash.
Blaine attended the country school near their home and later school in Kenmare, ND two years and attended school in Coteau, ND one year.
He entered in the U.S. Army on June 22, 1943 at Fort Lewis, Washington. He trained at Camp Roberts, California and was stationed there until July 1944. On July 16, 1944, he was sent to England where he was stationed a short time before being sent to France. He was a member of the heavy field artillery. Blaine was killed in action at Saarlautern (Sarrlouis) Germany on December 6, 1944. His body was returned to the United States for burial in 1948.
His funeral was held at the Kenmare Memorial Hall on July 18, 1948 with burial in the Elmdale Swedish Lutheran Cemetery in Elmdale Township, Ward County, North Dakota.