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Personal info

Full name
BEATY, John
Date of birth
23 August 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
Weakley County, Tennessee
Hometown
Sidonia, Weakley County, Tennessee

Military service

Service number
34731670
Rank
Private First Class
Function
Automatic Rifleman
Unit
C Company,
1st Battalion,
272nd Infantry Regiment,
69th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
6 April 1945
Place of death
Near Sichelnstein, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
B 8 32

Immediate family

Members
John N. Beaty (father)
Mildred A. (Gallimore) Beaty (mother)
Robet M. Beaty (brother)
Marion Beaty (sister)

More information

Pfc John Beaty enlisted at Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia on 27 April 1943.

During a German counterattack near Sichelnstein, Pfc Beaty was killed by artillery fire, along with S/Sgt Hrnchar and Pfc Aseltine.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.69th-infantry-division.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Family Tree

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, Danny Hudson (great nephew)