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Personal info

Full name
BEADLE, Wilbur Jay Jr
Date of birth
10 April 1922
Age
22
Place of birth
Massillon, Stark County, Ohio
Hometown
Oak Park, Cook County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
O-549945
Rank
Second Lieutenant
Function
unknown
Unit
20th Armored Infantry Battalion,
10th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
6 March 1945
Place of death
Römerbrücke
Trier, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
A 3 11

Immediate family

Members
Wilbur J. Beadle Sr. (father)
Florence Beadle (mother)

More information

2nd Lt Wilbur J. Beadle Jr. graduated from Oak Park High School in 1940 and attended the University of Illinois.

He joined the Army in Urbana, Illinois on 7 October 1942. He was sent overseas in December 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, www.findagrave.com, www.10tharmored.com, www.newspapers.com – The Evening Independent 1 June 1945, www.facebook.com
Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Luxembourg American Cemetery, www.newspapers.com - The Evening Independent 1 June 1945, Oak Park High School 1940