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Personal info

Full name
BECKWITH, Holger Arthur
Date of birth
25 February 1916
Age
29
Place of birth
Bolton Landing, Warren County, New York
Hometown
Hudson Falls, Washington County, New York

Military service

Service number
42140688
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
F Company,
2nd Battalion,
324th Infantry Regiment,
44th Infantry Division
Awards
Silver Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
29 March 1945
Place of death
Mannheim, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
E 29 35

Immediate family

Members
John F. Beckwith (father)
Fannie (Roberts) Beckwith (mother)
Beatrice R. (Kelley) Beckwith (wife)
Barbara Beckwith (daughter)
Robert H. Beckwith (son)
Michael S. Beckwith (son)

More information

Pvt Holger A. Beckwith attended high school for one year and was employed by the Northern Distribution Company before he enlisted at Fort Dix, New Jersey on 15 May 1944.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments.

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 / Sweet Boucher Family Tree / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, www.findagrave.com – Tom Nelson, www.newspapers.com – The Post Star 11 April 1945
Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Randy Beckwith