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Personal info

Full name
BEASON, Glen Leroy
Date of birth
11 September 1919
Age
25
Place of birth
Warren County, Indiana
Hometown
Williamsport, Warren County, Indiana

Military service

Service number
35901760
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
315th Infantry Regiment,
79th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
24 October 1944
Place of death
Emberménil, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
E 14 39

Immediate family

Members
George F. Beason (father)
Clara E. (Mitton) Beason (mother)
Lawrence Beason (brother)
John Beason (brother)
John W. Beason (brother)
Thelma J. Beason (sister)
Margaret L. Beason (sister)
Mary J. Beason (sister)
Golda M. Beason (sister)
Arthur F. Beason (brother)
Harold A. Beason (brother)
Richard L. Beason (brother)
Cleo J. (DeZarn) Beason (wife)
Judith J. Beason (daughter)
Jack M. Beason (son)

More information

Pfc Glen L. Beason attended high school for four years and was employed at the Grab it Here Grocery Company before he enlisted in Indianapolis, Indiana on 3 January 1944.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Hancock Family Tree, Combat History 79th Infantry Division, www.findagrave.com – MAJ Jimmy Cotton

Photo source: www.ancestry.com – U.S. School Yearbooks Williamsport Indiana