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Personal info

Full name
BEAL, Justin Buss
Date of birth
1 August 1909
Age
35
Place of birth
Edwardsville, Madison County, Illinois
Hometown
Champaign, Champaign County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
36485499
Rank
Technician Fifth Grade
Function
Rifleman
Unit
B Company,
1st Battalion,
318th Infantry Regiment,
80th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
28 December 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Honville, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
H 2 33

Immediate family

Members
Walter Beal (father)
Edna (Gray) Beal (mother)
Nadine Beal (sister)
Dale Beal (brother)
Geraldine (Gabriel) Beal (wife)

More information

T/5 Justin B. Beal attended high school for two years and was a chauffeur, employed by the Gebhart-Gushard Co. before he enlisted in Peoria, Illinois on 22 May 1943.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com – 1930/1940 Census / U.S. Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files / U.S. Draft Cards Young Men, www.80thdivision.com
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - LuxAmCem