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Personal info

Full name
BEADLES, William Houston
Date of birth
13 June 1914
Age
30
Place of birth
Fulton, Fulton County, Kentucky
Hometown
Polk County, Florida

Military service

Service number
34054897
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
120th Infantry Regiment,
30th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
23 February 1945
Place of death
Krauthausen, south of Julich, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
I 12 21

Immediate family

Members
Robert B. Beadles (father)
Bertha (Wilson) Beadles (mother)
Thomas W. Beadles (brother)
Robert B. Beadles (brother)
Mary E. Beadles (sister)
Grace E. (Burt) Beadles (wife)

More information

Sgt William H. Beadles graduated from Fulton High School in 1931. He was employed at Penn Forehand Motor Company.

He and his wife were both stationed at Fort Benning where she was serving as a WAC when they married .

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, http://www.oldhickory30th.com, WWII Draft Cards, Fulton Advertiser - 22 May 1931.

Photo source: Peter Schouteten