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Personal info

Full name
BECK, James David
Date of birth
31 January 1914
Age
31
Place of birth
Hagerstown, Fayette County, Illinois
Hometown
Cowden, Shelby County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
36303520
Rank
Private
Function
Rifleman
Unit
C Company,
1st Battalion,
318th Infantry Regiment,
80th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
20 February 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Hommerdingen-Mettendorf, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
H 7 61

Immediate family

Members
Franklin Beck (father)
Fannie I. (Beckham) Beck (mother)
Ruby Beck (sister)
Otis Beck brother)
Irma Beck (sister)
Marie Beck (sister)
Joe Beck (brother)

More information

Pvt James D. Beck worked on a farm before he enlisted in Chicago, Illinois on 23 October 1941.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments in the thorax.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com -1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card File / U.S. Draft Cards Young Men, www.80thdivision.com
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - LuxAmCem