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NARA War Department records list this soldiers Home of Record as Wyandotte County, Kansas...Killed In Action...WWII dead returned from Margraten-Aachen, Holland...Re-interred on 04/08/1949.
Additional information courtesy of Find A Grave contributor Eric Ackerman
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John Owen Beauchamp
John Owen Beauchamp was born in Kansas City, Missouri. He enlisted in the United States Army on June 30th, 1942. After training at Camp Kilmer, New Jersey, he was assigned to Company L, 386th Infantry, 97th Division. The division embarked on troopships in New York and landed at Le Havre, France on 2 March 1945, then moved to Camp Lucky Strike. After crossing France by troop train, the division passed through Maastricht and crossed the German border west of Aachen on 28 March, taking up a defensive position along the west bank of the Rhine River opposite Düsseldorf. During the Battle of the Ruhr Pocket, John distinguished himself with heroic actions that earned him the silver star:
The President of the United States of America takes pride in presenting the Silver Star (Posthumously) to Private John O. Beauchamp, Jr., United States Army, for gallantry in action while serving with Company L, 386th Infantry Regiment, 97th Infantry Division, in action near Witzhelden, Germany, on 16 April 1945. Private Beauchamp was a member of a patrol with a mission of mopping up enemy resistance in a wooded draw. The patrol was suddenly driven to the ground by fire form a hostile machine gun located only 30 yards away. In order to point out the enemy position to his patrol leader, Private Beauchamp bravely raised himself to his knees and fired at the hostile emplacement. While thus exposed and firing at the enemy, Private Beauchamp was killed by a burst from the hostile gun. By reason of this courageous deed the patrol leader was able to accurately locate the enemy gun and subsequently to silence its fire. Private Beauchamp's gallantry on this occasion reflects high credit upon himself and the Armed Forces.
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NARA War Department records list this soldiers Home of Record as Wyandotte County, Kansas...Killed In Action...WWII dead returned from Margraten-Aachen, Holland...Re-interred on 04/08/1949.
Additional information courtesy of Find A Grave contributor Eric Ackerman
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John Owen Beauchamp
John Owen Beauchamp was born in Kansas City, Missouri. He enlisted in the United States Army on June 30th, 1942. After training at Camp Kilmer, New Jersey, he was assigned to Company L, 386th Infantry, 97th Division. The division embarked on troopships in New York and landed at Le Havre, France on 2 March 1945, then moved to Camp Lucky Strike. After crossing France by troop train, the division passed through Maastricht and crossed the German border west of Aachen on 28 March, taking up a defensive position along the west bank of the Rhine River opposite Düsseldorf. During the Battle of the Ruhr Pocket, John distinguished himself with heroic actions that earned him the silver star:
The President of the United States of America takes pride in presenting the Silver Star (Posthumously) to Private John O. Beauchamp, Jr., United States Army, for gallantry in action while serving with Company L, 386th Infantry Regiment, 97th Infantry Division, in action near Witzhelden, Germany, on 16 April 1945. Private Beauchamp was a member of a patrol with a mission of mopping up enemy resistance in a wooded draw. The patrol was suddenly driven to the ground by fire form a hostile machine gun located only 30 yards away. In order to point out the enemy position to his patrol leader, Private Beauchamp bravely raised himself to his knees and fired at the hostile emplacement. While thus exposed and firing at the enemy, Private Beauchamp was killed by a burst from the hostile gun. By reason of this courageous deed the patrol leader was able to accurately locate the enemy gun and subsequently to silence its fire. Private Beauchamp's gallantry on this occasion reflects high credit upon himself and the Armed Forces.
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