Paul K. Beck was born in 1921 in Tennessee. He was married to Shirley Beck and had a 3-week old daughter, Paula Irene Beck. Son of Ellis King Beck and Nancy Elizabeth Jarrard. He had two sisters. Pvt. Beck was killed in Brest, France.
Members of the US 6th Armored Division Interred at the Brittany American Cemetery and Memorial, at Plot K: http://www.super6th.org
Dear Sir,
My name is Denis, french citizen.
Paul K. Beck is one of the US soldiers who died during the liberation of Plougastel-Daoulas,the commune of my family.
The liberation of the “Daoulas peninsula “, as called by the US army, was the first step of the battle for Brest.
He died on the 25th of August 1944, in or close to the Runavot hamlet.
It was the first of the three days fight for Hill 63.
- Rank: Private
- Date of death: 25 August 1944
- County: Blount
- Service Branch: Army/Army Air Forces
- Division/Assignment: 50th Infantry Battalion, 6th Armored Division
- Theater: Europe
- Conflict: World War II
- Awards: Purple Heart
- Burial/Memorial Location: Brittany American Cemetery, St. James (Manche), France
- Location In Memorial: Pillar VI, Top Panel
- Sponsored by: Danni Greaser
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