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Personal info

Full name
BEAM, John Amos
Date of birth
10 February 1914
Age
31
Place of birth
Canonsburg, Washington County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Somerset County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33714494
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
109th Infantry Regiment,
28th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
4 March 1945
Place of death
Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
D 2 41

Immediate family

Members
James M. Beam (father)
Rosena Beam (mother)
Louis W. Beam (brother)
Edith H. Beam (sister)
Violet M. Beam (sister)
Harry Beam (brother)
Walter K. Beam (brother)
Leola P. (Houston) Beam (wife)
John D. Beam (son)

More information

Pfc John A. Beam enlisted in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on 18 December 1943.

He received his training in the Air Corps at Fort Monmouth, New Jersey and Seymore Johnson Field Goldsboro, North Carolina.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov,
The Washington Observer - 31 March 1945, www.ancestry.com - U.S. Headstone and Interment Record / 1930 Census / Veteran Compensation Application File

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.newspapers.com - The Daily Notes