Beaver, Neil W.

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

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Purple Heart

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).

Sources

- NORDYKE, P., Put Us Down In Hell, Historic Ventures, LLC, Lexington, United States, 2012.
- 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment.org

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