Son of Hans Heinrich and Gertrude Becker. Husband of Audrey J Young. Veteran of WWII, first lieutenant. Served in Oklahoma and Mississippi after training in Ft Leonard Wood, Missouri. Received Purple Heart Award and Silver Star Award. Died at the Battle of the Bulge in France. Oscar died 4 days after his only child, a son, was born. It is unlikely that he knew about the birth since he went missing before the birth occurred.
He was awarded the Silver Star and Purple Heart
Son of Hans Heinrich and Gertrude Becker. Husband of Audrey J Young. Veteran of WWII, first lieutenant. Served in Oklahoma and Mississippi after training in Ft Leonard Wood, Missouri. Received Purple Heart Award and Silver Star Award. Died at the Battle of the Bulge in France. Oscar died 4 days after his only child, a son, was born. It is unlikely that he knew about the birth since he went missing before the birth occurred.
He was awarded the Silver Star and Purple Heart
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Entered the service from Missouri. 1LT 18 INF 1 DIV MISSOURI
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Records on Ancestry
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U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947
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U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S., Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil, 1942-1949
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U.S., World War II and Korean Conflict Veterans Interred Overseas
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1930 United States Federal Census
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1940 United States Federal Census
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