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Personal info

Full name
BEEMER, Robert James
Date of birth
21 February 1918
Age
26
Place of birth
Newton, Sussex County, New Jersey
Hometown
Newton, Sussex County, New Jersey

Military service

Service number
32569790
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
7th Infantry Regiment,
3rd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
4 November 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Les Rouges Eaux-Col du Haut Jacques, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 26 23

Immediate family

Members
Nellie I. Beemer (mother)
Gertrude M. Beemer (sister)
Charlotte (Bailey) Beemer (wife)
Sandra J. Beemer (daughter)

More information

S/Sgt Robert J. Beemer was employed as a mechanic at the U.S. Army Picatinny Arsenal.

He enlisted in Newark, New Jersey on 29 October 1942.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census / U.S. Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. Draft Cards Young Men / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card, History 3rd Infantry Division WWII
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy