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Personal info

Full name
BELCHER, Guy Edward
Date of birth
23 May 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Chambers County, Alabama
Hometown
Chambers County, Alabama

Military service

Service number
34708293
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
C Company,
1st Battalion,
505th Parachute Infantry Regiment,
82nd Airborne Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
6 October 1944
Place of death
Breedeweg, Groesbeek, the Netherlands

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
G 4 19

Immediate family

Members
Leonar L. Belcher (father)
Julia E. (Foster) Belcher (mother)
John B. Belcher (brother)
Woodrow W. Belcher (brother)
James T. Belcher (brother)
Heggard I. Belcher (brother)
Mary P. Belcher (sister)

More information

Pfc Guy E. Belcher enlisted at Fort McLellan, Alabama on 3 March 1943. He was sent overseas in May 1944

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Molenhoek, The Netherlands on 7 October 1944.

Source of information: WWII Memorial, Fold3, Market Garden, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Family Tree, www.fold3.com - WWII Draft Card, www.newspapers.com - The Lafayette Sun 6 December 1944

Photo source: Find a Grave, www.newspapers.com - The Lafayette Sun - 6 December 1944