Victor Heintz was a U.S. Representative

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 from Ohio

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 and highly decorated veteran of World War I

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Born on a farm near Grayville, Illinois

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, Heintz attended the public schools.
He graduated from the University of Cincinnati

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 in 1896 and from its law department in 1899.
He was admitted to the bar

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 in 1898 and commenced practice in Cincinnati, Ohio

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He served six years in the Cavalry and Infantry of the Ohio National Guard

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Heintz was elected as a Republican

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 to the Sixty-fifth

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 Congress (March 4, 1917-March 3, 1919).
He was not a candidate for renomination in 1918.
During the First World War absented himself from the House and was commissioned a captain in the One Hundred and Forty-seventh Regiment, United States Infantry, on August 4, 1917.
He went overseas June 22, 1918, and served until the end of the war.
Decorated with the Distinguished Service Cross

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 with Oak Leaf Cluster, Silver Star

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 Medal, Purple Heart

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, and the Croix de Guerre

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He served as vice president and secretary of Ohio Valley Real Estate Co..
He resumed the practice of law until his retirement in 1961.

He died in Cincinnati, Ohio

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, December 27, 1968.
He was interred in Armstrong Chapel Cemetery, Indian Hill, Cincinnati, Ohio

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