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Personal info

Full name
BELTCH, Marcus Woodrow
Date of birth
7 October 1917
Age
27
Place of birth
Dragoon, Osage County, Kansas
Hometown
Rogers County, Oklahoma

Military service

Service number
6292180
Rank
Technical Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
194th Glider Infantry Regiment,
17th Airborne Division
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
24 March 1945
Place of death
Wesel, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
N 1 9

Immediate family

Members
A. K. Beltch (father)
Parthinia A. Beltch (mother)
Mae M. Beltch (sister)
Jessie S. Beltch (sister)
Naomi Beltch (sister)
Ione Beltch (sister)
William J. Beltch (brother)
Leanna (Lowery) Beltch (wife)
Annie B. Beltch (daughter)

More information

T/Sgt Marcus W. Beltch attended Chelsea High School for two years and served 15 months in the Civilian Conservation Corps.

He joined the Regular Army on 15 March 1939.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ww2-airborne.us, www.ancestry.com - 1920 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / Family Tree, http://aad.archives.gov - US Army World War II Army Enlistment

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, Family, The Chelsea Reporter - 16 July 1942