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Beaver, Neil W.

Date of birth:
June 9th, 1923 (Kalkaska County, Michigan, United States)
Date of death:
January 20th, 2007 (Marquette/Michigan, United States)
Nationality:
American (1776 - present, Republic)

Biography

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
1st Lieutenant
Unit:
Headquarters Company, 3rd Battalion, 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division "All American", U.S. Army
Awarded for:
Operation Overlord
For wounds received in action in Normandy, France on 5 June 1944.

Headquarters 82nd Airborne Division, General Orders No. 54 (1944).
Purple Heart

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