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Personal info

Full name
BECK, James Wesley Jr
Date of birth
6 March 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
San Bernardino, San Bernardino County, California
Hometown
San Francisco, San Francisco County, California

Military service

Service number
39141612
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
C Company,
1st Battalion,
290th Infantry Regiment,
75th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
20 January 1945
Place of death
Grand Bois, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
D 5 43

Immediate family

Members
James W. Beck (father)
Alvera L. (Floyd) Beck (mother)
Marguerite E. Beck (sister)
William M. Beck (brother)
Albert L. Beck (brother)
Nephi N. Beck (brother)
Veva L. Beck (sister)
Franklin E. Beck (brother)
Levi Beck (brother)
Orena F. Knecht (half-sister)
Nellie M. Beck (half-sister)

More information

James Beck attended high school for four years.

He enlisted in San Francisco, California on 8 October 1943.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Raf Dyckmans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov

Photo source: Marguerite E. Beck Emery / www.wwiimemorial.com, Peter Schouteten