US PARAS Beld, James B.

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Beld ​

• FORENAME

James B. ​

• UNIT

504 Parachute Infantry Regiment (RHQ) ​

• RANK

Second Lieutenant ​

• NUMBER

0-1312657 ​

• DATE OF DEATH

11th July 1943 ​

• AGE

25​

• GRAVESITE

Sicily-Rome American Cemetery, Italy Plot H Row 5 Grave 22 ​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

from Paoli, Orange County, Indiana​

born 09.10.1917 Union, Perry County, Indiana, USA​

father James Beld (1895-1957)​

mother Anna Pearl (nee Hawkins) Beld (1895-1922)​

Next of kin - James Beld, Route 2, Paoli, Indiana​

date of death "14.7.1943" (American Battle Monuments)​

killed when C-53D 42-68720 shot down by friendly fire over Sicily ​

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