Portrait of John Owen Beauchamp, Jr., a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. Beauchamp was born in Kansas City, Missouri, on April 25, 1923. He attended Southwest High School and enlisted in the Army Air Corps on May 13, 1943. In February 1945, he was sent to Germany and killed in action an April 16, 1945. The Silver Star was presented to his wife, Gene Beauchamp.
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