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Personal info

Full name
BECK, John Eugene
Date of birth
1 August 1908
Age
36
Place of birth
Bristol, Bucks County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Bristol Borough, Bucks County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33804067
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
315th Infantry Regiment,
79th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
17 November 1944
Place of death
Hatten, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
J 38 19

Immediate family

Members
Henry Beck (father)
Katherine J. (Kramer) Beck (mother)
Elsie L. Beck (sister)
Harry Beck (brother)
Walter Beck (brother)
Florence Beck (sister)
Joseph C. Beck (brother)
Mary Beck (sister)
Katherine Beck (sister)
Leona Beck (sister)
Ronald U. Beck (brother)
Edna B. Beck (sister)
Victor J. Beck (brother)
Ruth E. (Close) Beck (wife)

More information

John E. Beck attended college for four years and was a poultry farmer before he enlisted in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on 11 January 1943.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Limey, France.

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 / Pennsylvania Veteran Compensation Application Files WWII / Geracia Family Tree, Combat History 79th Infantry Division, www.findagrave.com – MAJ Jimmy Cotton
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