9 Charles Heinrich

Charles Heinrich was born Charles Thomas Heinrich on January 15, 1915, in Mt. Sterling, Kentucky to Joe Frederick Heinrich and Nancy Sample Heinrich.

Heinrich graduated from Mt. Sterling High School in April 1933 and enrolled at Kentucky in the fall of the same year.  He was a member of the freshman basketball team that year and played an additional year with the varsity as a sophomore where he saw action in four games.  He was a member of the Lambda Chi Alpha social fraternity.

Heinrich enlisted as a lieutenant in the Army Reserve Corps in 1937.  He graduated from Kentucky in the summer of 1938 with a Bachelor of Arts then attended the Chicago Art Institute where he began work as a commercial artist.

Heinrich married Minigist Howell on December 24, 1939, in Mt. Sterling.

In 1940, Heinrich received orders to report for duty with the Army in Vancouver, Washington.

In 1941, Lt. Col Charles T. Heinrich was awarded the Bronze Star Medal for meritorious achievement in connection with military operations while serving with the Sixth Army on Luzon in the Philippines.

In 1951, Heinrich was awarded the Silver Star medal for gallantry in action in Korea. The citation, from 3rd Infantry Division headquarters, for the award said Col. Heinrich displayed magnificent leadership, courage and professional skill during the night of Nov. 28-29, 1950, in the vicinity of Sachang-Ni in Korea in directing artillery and mortar fire to repulse an enemy offensive after a direct hit on the battalion headquarters cut all communications off.

COL Heinrich retired from the Army on October 31, 1967, after serving as the G-3 for the 20th Infantry Corps in Ft. Hayes, Ohio.  He settled in Columbia, South Carolina.

Heinrich passed away on July 18, 2000.  He was 85.