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Personal info

Full name
BEARDSLEY, Joseph Walter
Date of birth
8 August 1921
Age
23
Place of birth
Duluth, St. Louis County, Minnesota
Hometown
Duluth, St. Louis County, Minnesota

Military service

Service number
06933400
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
Squad Leader
Unit
E Company,
2nd Battalion,
407th Infantry Regiment,
102nd Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
23 February 1945
Place of death
Glimbach, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
C 13 30

Immediate family

Members
Leonard J. Beardsley (father)
Almeada (Blanchard) Beardsley (mother)
Roy C. Beardsley (brother)
Theodore A. Beardsley (brother)

More information

S/Sgt Joseph W. Beardsley joined the Regular Army at Fort Snelling, Minnesota on 17 October 1939.

His brother Pfc Theodore A. Beardsley has been buried next to him.

He was first buried at Margraten on 8 March 1945 and disinterred on 6 July 1948 and his remains were prepared and placed in a casket on 7 July 1948. He was given his final resting place on 22 December 1948.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - 1910/1940 Census / WWII Enlistment Records / City Directories, Minnesota / Curtis-LaVigne Family Tree / 102nd Infantry Division "Ozark" Unit History.

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, Twin Ports Genealogy Society - Karen Smoley, Edwin Beckers / Lauri Smith