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<blockquote data-quote="Craig Robertson" data-source="post: 62862" data-attributes="member: 6852"><p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>SURNAME</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Van Beest</em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>FORENAME</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>William Hermanus</em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>UNIT</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>former 1st Marine Parachute Regiment</em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>RANK</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>1st Lieutenant</em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>NUMBER</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>0-17782</em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>DATE OF DEATH</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>14th March 1945</em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>AGE</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>23</em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>GRAVESITE</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA. Section M, Site 450</em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>ADDITIONAL INFORMATION</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>born 24.03.1921, Nobles, Rushmore, Minnesota, USA</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>father Manus Van Beest (1895-1945)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>mother Ruth (nee VanGroot) Van Beest (1897-1958)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>1938 graduated Little Rock High School</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>1942 graduated Morningside College, Sioux City</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>16.02.1942 draft card Iowa</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Next of kin - Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Manus Van Beest, Little Rock, Iowa </em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>KIA Iwo Jima, Japan</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>posthumous Navy Cross</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em><a href="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/w-van-beest.38878/" target="_blank"><img src="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/38/38878-b55cfb8e09956f36434b9e185dfe6784.jpg?1692102292" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="width: 300px; height: 300px" /></a> <a href="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/w-van-beest-grave.38877/" target="_blank"><img src="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/38/38877-f9adeacb70921ab992313798c94ba11f.jpg?1692102288" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="width: 300px; height: 300px" /></a></em></p></blockquote><p></p>
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