Kirkwood friends we have lost another brave Viet Nam veteran, with last night's (1/27/26) death of Bill Heister. (Joseph W. Heister III) Thank you to Roxanne Guels Rassi, who knew and dated Bill at KHS, and who is in touch with Bill's daughter Melissa, for letting me know of his illness a few weeks ago and his death today. Our late classmate Ardy Stanfield also dated Bill, but I am told the girls did not date him at the same time! :-)) Bill was a 2 time Purple Heart recipient, still bearing leftover shrapnel after all these years. Note in the article he was only 21 when getting that second Purple Heart. Here is an article Rox sent, if there is an official obituary I'll post it. Rox reports that he was living in St. Peters near Melissa and Bill also had two sons, Michael & Matthew, several grandchildren and most recently 2 great grandchildren! Bill and his first wife had divorced and his second wife died some years ago. I'll be posting here and on Facebook if I learn more. Thanks again Roxanne for being in touch, and for caring.
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