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Personal info

Full name
BEARDSLEY, Theodore Arthur
Date of birth
25 March 1919
Age
25
Place of birth
Duluth, St. Louis County, Minnesota
Hometown
Duluth, St. Louis County, Minnesota

Military service

Service number
16021294
Rank
Private First Class
Function
Rifleman
Unit
G Company,
2nd Battalion,
10th Infantry Regiment,
5th Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
30 July 1944
Place of death
Hill 183
Near Vidouville, Lower Normandy, Manche, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
C 13 29

Immediate family

Members
Leonard J. Beardsley (father)
Almeada (Blanchard) Beardsley (mother)
Roy C. Beardsley (brother)
Joseph W. Beardsley (brother)

More information

Pfc Theodore A. Beardsley enlisted in Wausau, Minnesota on 23 October 1940.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of St. Laurent, France.

His brother, S/Sgt Joseph W. Beardsley, is buried next to him.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.societyofthefifthdivision.com, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - 1910/1940 Census / WWII Enlistment Records / City Directories, Minnesota / Curtis-LaVigne Family Tree, The Fifth Infantry Division in the ETO, 1945, Headstone and Interment Record

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