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Personal info

Full name
BEUMANN, John Joseph
Date of birth
30 September 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Oakland, Alameda County, California
Hometown
Oakland, Alameda County, California

Military service

Service number
39043962
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
F Company,
2nd Battalion,
346th Infantry Regiment,
87th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
13 December 1944
Place of death
Rimling, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
D 14 36

Immediate family

Members
Theodore Beumann (father)
Maria Beumann (mother)

More information

Sgt John J. Beumann Alameda, California attended high school for three years and was a baker before he enlisted in San Francisco, California on 5 April 1943.
He died to the effects of artillery shell fragments.
He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Hochfelden, 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 / 1940 Census / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, http://87thinfantrydivision.com
Photo source: -, Storiesbehindthestars.org