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Personal info

Full name
BEEKEN, Lewis L
Date of birth
11 September 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Boyd County, Kentucky
Hometown
Butler County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
35683989
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
335th Infantry Regiment,
84th Infantry Division
Awards
Silver Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
22 April 1945
Place of death
Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
K 4 12

Immediate family

Members
Lewis L. Beeken (father)
Ruth W. (Williams) Beeken (mother)
Jack I. Beeken (brother)
Brooke B. Beeken (sister)
Ellen S. Beeken (sister)
Grace I. Beeken (sister)

More information

Sgt Lewis L. Beeken graduated from Hamilton High School in 1942 and attended the University of Cincinnati. He was employed by the Hamilton division of the American Rolling Mill Company in New Miami.

He enlisted on 23 January 1943 in Cincinnati, Ohio and was sent overseas in July 1944.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - Hamilton High School Yearbook 1942, www.newspaperarchive.com - Hamilton Daily News Journal

Photo source: www.findagrave.com, Des Philippet, www.ancestry.com - Hamilton High School Yearbook 1942