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Personal info

Full name
STREETER, Beryl G
Date of birth
1916
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Caldwell County, Missouri
Hometown
Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan

Military service

Service number
O-1321131
Rank
First Lieutenant
Function
unknown
Unit
H Company,
2nd Battalion,
242nd Infantry Regiment,
42nd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
6 January 1945
Place of death
Gambsheim, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
E 27 32

Immediate family

Members
Henry B. Streeter (father)
Lena E. (Edwards) Streeter (mother)
Hale B. Streeter (brother)
Ethel V. Streeter (wife)

More information

1st Lt Beryl G. Streeter graduated from Lafayette High School and attended college. He was employed by the Hallmark Greeting Card Company.

He was riding in a jeep when a German machine gun suddanly opened fire, instantly killing him.

The first picture was taken in junior high school.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Kathy McDermott, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930/1940 Census / Phillips Hale Family Tree, www.findagrave.com

Photo source: www.findagrave.com, www.ancestry.com – U.S. School Yearbook St Joseph High School, Missouri, St. Joseph News-Press - 15 May 1945, Lafayette High School 1934 Oak Yearbook