Facts:   - battles: world war ii    - death date: 12 july 2005    - allegiance: nazi germany west germany germany nazi germany -lrb- to 1945 -rrb- west    - rank: oberschütze      - awards: black wound badge    - birth date: 09 august 1920    - serviceyears: 1941 -- 1945    - name: willi heinrich    - unit: 1st division battalion , 228th jäger regiment , 101st jäger    - death place: karlsruhe , germany    - birth place: heidelberg , baden-württemberg   Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of willi heinrich .
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willi heinrich -lrb- august 9 , 1920 -- july 12 , 2005 -rrb- was a german author .