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Personal info

Full name
BEAMAN, William Lee
Date of birth
24 June 1910
Age
34
Place of birth
New Franklin, Howard County, Missouri
Hometown
Boonville, Cooper County, Missouri

Military service

Service number
37626871
Rank
Private First Class
Function
Rifleman
Unit
B Company,
1st Battalion,
318th Infantry Regiment,
80th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
11 November 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Han-sur-Nied, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 14 14

Immediate family

Members
John M. Beaman (father)
Estella M. (Tolson) Beaman (mother)
Wallace M. Beaman (brother)
Lucille E. Beaman (sister)
Thomas W. Beaman (brother)
Mary D. Beaman (sister)
Pauline A. (Moehle) Beaman (wife)

More information

Pfc William L. Beaman was a pipe moulder employed by the Phoenix American Pipe Works before he enlisted at Jefferson Barracks, Missouri on 20 October 1943.

William Beaman was moratally wounded in the thorax by an artillery shell fragment.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com – 1920/1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. Draft Cards Young Men / Texas Bakers Family Tree / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, www.80thdivision.com
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