Albert Vincent Beyke (1917 - 1943)

Born 21 Sep 1917 in Mercer, Ohio, United States

Ancestors

Died 17 Aug 1943 at age 25 in Lummen, Lummen, Limburg, Belgium

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Biography

Albert was born in 1917. He was the son of Henry Beyke and Walburga Rohrer.

Albert was "Killed In Action" when his B-17 was attacked by German aircraft and crashed in Lummen, six miles east of Deist, Belgium on August 17, 1943.

Albert served his country as a top turret gunner on the B-17F "Dear Mom" #42-30389, 331st Bomber Squadron, 94th Bomber Group, Heavy, U.S. Army Air Forces during World War II.

Sources

• "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MD55-3LG : 3 February 2021), Albert V Beytae in entry for Henry B Beytae, 1920.
• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X4HC-47G : accessed 9 August 2021), Albert V Beyke in household of Henry B Beyke, Recovery, Mercer, Ohio, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 24, sheet 6B, line 67, family 125, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1850; FHL microfilm 2,341,584.
• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KWNW-T5J : 9 January 2021), Albert Beyke in household of Henry Beyke, Recovery Township, Mercer, Ohio, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 54-27, sheet 7A, line 6, family 105, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 3114.
• Find A Grave: Memorial #37205286