US PARAS Beckner, Eugene

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Beckner ​

• FORENAME

Eugene​

• UNIT

509 Parachute Infantry Battalion (Company B) ​

• RANK

Technician Fourth Class ​

• NUMBER

37300492 ​

• DATE OF DEATH

15th August 1944 ​

• AGE

23​

• GRAVESITE

Rhone American Cemetery, Draguignan, France Tablets of the Missing ​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

from Wadena County, Minnesota​

born 01.08.1921, Gettysburg, South Dakota, USA​

father James Samuel Beckner (1890-1966)​

mother Clara Maude (nee Seidel) Beckner (1894-1985)​

employed by Earl Hess​

16.02.1942 draft card Wing River, Minnesota​

02.1944 WIA​

awards Silvers Star, Bronze Star​

MIA Gulf of St Tropez, South France ​

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