
Frederick Theodore "Moose" Heyliger (23 June 1916-3 November 2001) was a US Army captain who served in Easy Company, 2nd Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division during World War II.
Biography[]
Frederick Theodore Heyliger was born in Acton, Massachusetts in 1916, and he joined the US Army in 1940. He was assigned to Easy Company before it left the US and was placed in charge of a mortar platoon. After Richard Winters was appointed executive officer of 2nd Battalion, Heyliger took over as Easy Company's commander. He commanded the company during Operation Pegasus in the Netherlands on 23 October 1944, rescuing several stranded British paratroopers. However, he was accidentally shot by one of his own men on 31 October 1944 while on patrol and talking with Winters about commanding Easy Company. He was discharged in February 1947, after which he received a bachelor's degree in ornamental horticulture. He died in Concord in 2001.