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Personal info

Full name
BEADER, Gordon Claire
Date of birth
30 April 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Endicott, Broome County, New York
Hometown
Springport, Cayuga County, New York

Military service

Service number
42122806
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
7th Infantry Regiment,
3rd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
15 March 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Medelsheim-Utweiler, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 23 62

Immediate family

Members
Ernest C. Beader (father)
Mary A. (Doane) Beader (mother)
Ernest F. Beader (brother)
Marilyn A. Beader (sister)

More information

Pvt Gordon C. Beader attended high school for four years before he enlisted in Binghamton, New York on 27 July 1944.

He was killed by a landmine explosion.

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