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Personal info

Full name
BEARD, Claude Edward
Date of birth
27 August 1922
Age
22
Place of birth
Swan Creek, Fulton County, Ohio
Hometown
Paulding County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
35344072
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
A Company,
1st Battalion,
377th Infantry Regiment,
95th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
15 November 1944
Place of death
Luxembourg City, Luxembourg

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
E 5 12

Immediate family

Members
Claude E. Beard (father)
Hazel D. (Andrews) Beard (mother)
Vivilyn D. Beard (sister)

More information

Sgt Claude E. Beard enlisted in Toledo, Ohio on 14 October 1942.
He attended high school for 4 years and worked in mechanical treatment of metals before he enlisted.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com - A Grateful American, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Criner Family Tree, http://mathieu.gitzhofer.free.fr/irongb.php
Photo source: www.findagravecom - Luxembourg American Cemetery, Hannah Majewski - Cheryl J. Hicksted