Dwight Emerson Beckelhimer

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Dwight Beckelhimer of the 376th Parachute Field Artillery Battalion on Castle Street, Hinckley, Leicestershire, 1944. UPL 60999 UPL 60999 Dwight Beckelhimer of the 376th Parachute Field Artillery Battalion on Castle Street, Hinckley, Leicestershire, 1944.

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Object Number - UPL 60999 - Dwight Beckelhimer of the 376th Parachute Field Artillery Battalion on Castle Street, Hinckley, Leicestershire, 1944.

Dwight Beckelhimer worked as a farm labourer on his family farm in Kansas before was drafted into the US Army on 8 September 1942, and joined the 82nd Airborne Division. He was honourably discharged on 25 October 1945.

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Born

Ashton, Kansas 27 March 1917

Died

Ponca City, Oklahoma 11 March 1983

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Dwight Beckelhimer of the 376th Parachute Field Artillery Battalion on Castle Street, Hinckley, Leicestershire, 1944.

Object number: UPL 60999 - Dwight Beckelhimer of the 376th Parachute Field...