US PARAS Belcher, George Bernard

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Belcher ​

• FORENAME

George Bernard​

• UNIT

505 Parachute Infantry Regiment (Company E) ​

• RANK

Private ​

• NUMBER

33651603 ​

• DATE OF DEATH

17th September 1944 ​

• AGE

21 ​

• GRAVESITE

Netherlands American Cemetery, Margraten, Netherlands Plot K Row 9 Grave 19 ​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

from Russell County, Virginia​

born 07.08.1923 Swords Creek, Buchanan County, Virginia, USA​

father James Monroe Belcher (1894-1962)​

mother Maggie L. (nee Edwards) Belcher (1894-1965)​

4 years high school​

civil occupation unskilled miscellaneous occupations​

employed by Washington Terminal​

single without dependents upon enlistment​

30.06.1942 draft card Landover, Maryland (draft card shows D.O.B. 12.08.1923)​

entered service 4.6.1943 Abingdon, Virginia​

Next of kin - Mother. Mrs. Maggie Lenora Belcher, Swords Creed, Virginia​

KIA Groesbeek, Holland ​

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