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Personal info

Full name
BEAL, Joseph C
Date of birth
4 March 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio
Hometown
Butler, Montgomery County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
O-535313
Rank
Second Lieutenant
Function
unknown
Unit
G Company,
2nd Battalion,
318th Infantry Regiment,
80th Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
26 September 1944
Place of death
unknown

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 14 77

Immediate family

Members
Forrest Beal (father)
Gene E. (Huffman) Beal (mother)
Frank H. Harch (stepfather)
Lotus A. Beal (sister)
Paul Harch (half-brother)

More information

2nd Lt Joseph C. Beal graduated from Northbridge High School and the Tennessee Military Institute.

He enlisted in Columbus Ohio on 12 July 1943. He had his officers training at Fort Benning, Georgia.
He was reported seriously wounded in action on 25 September 1944.

Source of information: Leo Minne, Kathy McDermott, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - 1930/ 1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record, www.80thdivision.com
Photo source: www.findagrave.com, The Journal Herald - 26 October 1944