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Personal info

Full name
BEAUREGARD, Frank John
Date of birth
12 September 1916
Age
27
Place of birth
Inverness, Hill County, Montana
Hometown
Waukesha County, Wisconsin

Military service

Service number
36214436
Rank
Sergeant
Function
Assistant Engineer
Unit
401st Bombardment Squadron,
91st Bombardment Group, Heavy
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
3 November 1943
Place of death
North Sea

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
Plot Row Grave
D 9 31

Immediate family

Members
Joseph Beauregard (father)
Emma (Speck) Beauregard (mother)
Leo Beauregard (brother)
Mary Beauregard (sister)
Elizabeth Beauregard (sister)
Joseph Beauregard (brother)
Donald Beauregard (brother)
Katherine Beauregard (sister)
William Beauregard (brother)

Plane data

Serial number
42-39802
Data
Type: B-17G
Destination: Wilhelmshaven, Germany
Mission: Bombing of the naval yards
MACR: 1153

More information

The plane was last seen behind the formation with engine #2 on fire at 5350N – 0658E and probably crashed into the north sea. Five parachutes were observed. There were 3 survivors, James E. Peacock, Ernest P. Colvin and James X. Mcilwain who were saved by an German boot and taken POW. Frank J. Beauregard bailed out but drowned and washed ashore. Kenneth B. Rutledge, Albert E. Mahe, Raymond R. Rodenbaugh and Robert S. Balsey are on the walls of the Missing at Cambridge. Thomas E. Merit and Milton Wauneka on the Walls of the Missing at Margraten.

Sgt Frank J. Beauregard was first buried at Temporary American Military Cemetery Ardennes, Belgium Block S, Row 1, Grave 6.

Source of information: Astrid van Erp, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com , www.archive.org, www.fold3.com - MACR, www.ancestry.com - 1920 Census / U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil, 91st Bomb Group, WWII Draft Card

Photo source: Peter Schouteten