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Personal info

Full name
BEATSON, Ian Kerr
Date of birth
1915
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Florida
Hometown
Akron, Summit County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
15014131
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
10th Infantry Regiment,
5th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
14 September 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Arnaville, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 23 58

Immediate family

Members
James B. Beatson (father)
Elisabeth K. (Urquhart) Beatson (mother)
Anna B. Beatson (sister)
Elisabeth N. Beatson (sister)
Margarite Beatson (sister)
Nellie Beatson (sister)
David Beatson (brother)

More information

S/Sgt Ian K. Beatson He was an Ellet High School graduate and a former Beacon Journal carrier boy in his district. He was employed as a greenskeeper at the Brookside Country Club in Massillon before entering the army.

He joined the Regular Army at Fort Hayes, Columbus, Ohio on 15 October 1940.

S/Sgt Beatson was first announced seriously wounded on 13 September. He died the next day. His mother had not seen her son for more than three years. He had served in Iceland, Ireland and England before going into the southern France invasion.

His family had relatives in Scotland, which he visited after arriving in the European area.

His brother David served with the Navy in the Pacific.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com – 1920 Census, "A footsoldier for Patton" - Michael C. Bilder/James G. Bilder, The 5th Infantry division in the ETO, www.newspapers.com - The Akron Beacon Journal

Photo source: -, www.newspapers.com - The Akron Beacon Journal, www.ancestry.com - Ellet High School Yearbook 1945