Bruce G. BEGHOLD
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NUMBER OF SERVICE | 42092476 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
AGE | 19 yo | |||||||||||||||||||||||
DATE OF BIRTH | 3 April 1925 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
ETAT | Rochester, Monroe County, NEW YORK | |||||||||||||||||||||||
FAMILY |
Parents: Carl Louis & Jessie Nourse BEGHOLD | |||||||||||||||||||||||
RANK | Private | |||||||||||||||||||||||
FONCTION | Infantry | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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DATE of ENLISTEMENT | January 10, 1944 in Rochester, NEW YORK | |||||||||||||||||||||||
COMPANY | Company L | |||||||||||||||||||||||
REGIMENT | 116th Infantry Regiment | |||||||||||||||||||||||
DIVISION | 29th Infantry Division | |||||||||||||||||||||||
DATE OF DEATH | 30 August 1944 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
STATUS | DOW | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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DATA PLAN | He was wounded on August 30, 1944. He was discharged at the hospital and died the same day. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
CEMETERY | BRITTANY AMERICAN CEMETERY of St James | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Bruce Beghold grew up in Rochester and attended West High School before heading to Scranton Keystone Junior College in 1942 to study veterinary medicine. Animals weren’t his only interest, though. “I’ve always had a curiosity to find out what makes things tick,” he wrote in his admissions letter to the University of Rochester in 1943. “I’ve collected drawer upon drawer of catalogs (travel, auto, farm machinery), and gadgets of all kinds.” He also collected more than 300 telephone directories across the states (his family made yearly trips to Michigan to visit relatives) and spent hours “searching out strange names, famous names, industries . . . ” Beghold was accepted to the University in July 1943 but completed only one term. On January 30, 1944, he entered military service as a private with the 116th Infantry Regiment, 29th Infantry Division, and was sent to France. On August 30, exactly seven months later, he died of wounds suffered in action in Normandy, France. The story was front-page news in the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle., Shortly after his death, his parents received a letter from Roman Speegle, the University’s longtime physical education teacher and swim coach. “I knew Bruce best in the informal atmosphere of the gymnasium,” Speegle wrote, “and found him to be a courteous, conscientious, and lovable boy.” | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
29th INFANTRY DIVISION - BLUE AND GRAY
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SOURCE INFORMATION & PHOTO | 116thregimentrollofhonor.blogspot.com - Rochester.edu - Findagrave.com - Abmc.gov - Aad.archives.gov - JP PELLOUAIS - Clive TIRLEMONT - Carl DI MARIA - Peter C. MARR - Russell S. PICKETT |
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PROGRAMMER | Clive, Frédéric & Renaud |