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Personal info

Full name
BECK, Elmer Sylvester
Date of birth
7 March 1921
Age
24
Place of birth
Watsontown, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Watsontown, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
20303033
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
I Company,
3rd Battalion,
109th Infantry Regiment,
28th Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Finding of Death
Date of death
16 September 1945
Place of death
East of Sevenig, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Tablets of the Missing

Immediate family

Members
Norman P. Beck (father)
Mary E. (Bachman) Beck (mother)
Hazel Beck (sister)
Ruth E. Beck (sister)
Emma J. Beck (sister)
Helen M. Beck (sister)
John Beck (brother)
Charles F. Beck (brother)

More information

Sgt Elmer S. Beck joined the National Guard in Milton, Pennsylvania on 17 February 1941.

Sgt Beck was last seen when German forces launched a strong counter-attack after his squad had taken Hill 515.

He was officially declared dead one year and one day after he was reported missing in action.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com – Pennsylvania Veteran Compensation Application Files WWII / Tugs Family Tree, www.findagrave.com, IDPF of David R. Michaels

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, Watsontown Historical Association - courtesy of Beth Craig