US PARAS Beard, Philip Lester

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Beard ​

• FORENAME

Philip Lester​

• UNIT

502 Parachute Infantry Regiment (Company F) ​

• RANK

Private ​

• NUMBER

35846953 ​

• DATE OF DEATH

3rd January 1945 ​

• AGE

30​

• GRAVESITE

Luxembourg American Cemetery, Luxembourg Plot I Row 8 Grave 20 ​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

from Berkeley County, West Virginia​

"Phillip" (National Archives)​

born 13.01.1914 Berkeley County, West Virginia, USA​

father George Thomas Beard (1866-1943)​

mother Mattie E. (nee Hines) Beard (1870-1960)​

grammar school education​

civil occupation skilled occupations in manufacture of textiles​

employed by Berkeley Woolen Co.​

married upon enlistment​

1933 married Laura Belle (nee Bender) (1911-1966)​

16.10.1940 draft card Martinsburg, West Virginia​

01.12.1943 entered service Clarksburg, West Virginia​

Next of kin - Wife. Mrs. Laura Belle Beard, 343 Boyd Avenue, Martinsburg, West Virginia​

KIA Belgium ​

Green Hill Cemetery, Martinsburg, West Virginia (Memorial)​

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