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BEARD, Philip Lester - Date of
birth
13 January 1914 -
Age
30 - Place of
birth
West Virginia -
Hometown
Berkeley County, West Virginia
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
35846953 -
Rank
Private -
Function
unknown -
Unit
F Company,
2nd Battalion,
502nd Parachute Infantry Regiment,
101st Airborne Division
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Awards
Purple Heart
Death
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Status
Killed in Action - Date of
death
3 January 1945 - Place of
death
Near Longchamps, Belgium
Grave
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Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
| Plot | Row | Grave |
|---|---|---|
| I | 8 | 20 |
Immediate family
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Members
George T. Beard (father)
Mattie E. (Hines) Beard (mother)
Margaret Beard (sister)
Mildred Beard (sister)
Laura B. (Bender) Beard (wife)
More information
Pvt Philip L. Beard enlisted in Clarksburg, West Virginia on 1 december 1943.He worked in manufacture of textiles before he enlisted.
On 3 January 1945 the 2nd Battalion was engaged in heavy fighting around Longchamps, Belgium. The Germans pressed forward and as many as forty jumpers, mostly from F company were rounded up and taken prisoner that day.
Pvt Beard is remembered at the Cemetery in Berkeley County, West Virginia.
He was first buried at Temporary American Military Cemetery Grand Failly, 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 / Bender Family Tree / 1930 Census, http://www.ww2-airborne.us
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Dominique Portier, www.ancestry.com – K. Mumper