WWII Honored Veteran * Big Stone County

David M. Beaty

Entered Service: February 10, 1941

Branch of Service: U.S. Army

Training Stations & Dates: Camp Claiborne, Louisiana, February 21, 1941 to December 9, 1941; Texas City & Fort Crocket, Texas, December 9, 1941 to January 2, 1942; Fort Dix, New Jersey, January 2, 1942 to April 30, 1942.

Overseas: April 30, 1942 

Theatre of Operation: European Theatre of War, participated in invasion of North Africa.

Medals Earned: Purple Heart 

Rank: Second Lieutenant.

Total Months in Service: Twenty-six months.

Killed in action at Fonduk Pass, North Africa, April 9, 1943 

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