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Personal info

Full name
BECK, Gordon Albert
Date of birth
28 June 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Littleton, Gafton County, New Hampshire
Hometown
Morgan, Orleans County, Vermont

Military service

Service number
31403355
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
M Company,
3rd Battalion,
110th Infantry Regiment,
28th Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
20 December 1944
Place of death
2 km northeast of Hoscheid-Dickt, Luxembourg

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
B 4 35

Immediate family

Members
Albert E. Beck (father)
Ellen L. (Aldrich) Beck (mother)
Earl C. Beck (brother)
Betty Beck (sister)
Helen Beck (sister)

More information

Pfc Gordon A. Beck was a repairman of motor vehicles before he enlisted in Rutland, Vermont on 24 November 1943.

Pfc Beck was awarded the Bronze Star posthumously for meritorious achievement in active ground combat against the enemy, effective 19 September 1944.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Carla Mans, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1940 Census / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, www.findagrave.com – Russ Pickett

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Luxembourg American Cemetery, Brian Donovan (great-nephew)