WILLIAM  HERMANUS  VAN BEEST

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Deceased
Rate/Rank
 1STLT
Service Branch
USMC 00/1943 - 3/1945
Born
 03/24/1921
NOBLES COUNTY, MN
KILLED IN ACTION 3/14/1945
SIGNIFICANT DUTY STATIONS
1ST BATTALION, 27TH MARINES, 5TH MARINE DIVISION
SIGNIFICANT AWARDS
NAVY CROSS 
PURPLE HEART 
COMBAT ACTION RIBBON 
PRESIDENTIAL UNIT CITATION 
NAVY UNIT COMMENDATION 
AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL 
ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN MEDAL