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Personal info

Full name
BECKMAN, Arthur Herman
Date of birth
3 August 1913
Age
31
Place of birth
Granville, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin
Hometown
Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin

Military service

Service number
36839679
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
104th Infantry Regiment,
26th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
8 December 1944
Place of death
Near Achen, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
A 21 30

Immediate family

Members
Ferdinand Beckman (father)
Emma (Volker) Beckman (mother)
Clarence F. Beckman (brother)
Dorothea E. Beckman (sister)
Eleanor R. (Waszak) Beckman (wife)

More information

Pfc Arthur H. Beckman was employed at the Sears Roebuck & Company before he enlisted.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Limey, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Beckman Henderson Family Tree, www.findagrave.com - MAJ Jimmy Cotton, After Action Report 26th Infantry Division
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Phyllis Dallin, www.ancestry.com - Karri Schraith