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West Virginia Veterans Database Record Detail
Item Details: Record Id: 3335
War: WWII
Name: Charles Reed Bean
Sex: M
Race: W
County: Hardy
Community: Moorefield
Branch of Service: Navy
Rank: SK3C
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Date of Death: 1944/12/18
Place of Death: Pacific
Cause of Death: MIA
Place of Burial: Manila American Cemetery, Philippines
Unit: USS Spence
Date of Birth: 1923/08/04
Place of Birth: Moorefield, Hardy County

Father:

Orvon Ray Bean
Mother: Essie Reed Bean
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Date Added to Memorial:  Original
Source: WV Vet Mem Application Form; Moorefield Examiner 1945/05/09; Hardy County births; Charleston Gazette 1945/03/01
Notes: Graduate of Moorefield High School 1941 and Tennessee Wesleyan 1943. USS Spence sank during typhoon with only 24 survivors out of 350 crewmen.
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