Service No: 6959931
Enlisted 17 Jun 1940
31 May 1916 - 9 May 1945
Wife: Hazel Edgin
Son of Harry Belden &
Willie Alice Nelson Belden
Fort Worth Star-Telegram
8 May 1945
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In 1916 Sherman City Directory has his father
Harry Belden as a Yardman (Railroad) in
Sherman, Tx and they were living there at that
time. Harry Jr was born in Sherman.
In the 1920 Census
he lived in Sherman, Grayson County
His father - Harry was 31, His mother Willie A
(Nelson) was 28.
Children: Edwin M, Mary L, Margaret E , Harry
Jr and
Billie Joe
In a 1926 Sherman City Directory
Lists the Elder Harry Belden as an Asst Mgr
Langford Lumber Co. in Sherman.
1930 Census
he lived in Sherman, Grayson County
His father-Harry, Mother Willie A
Edwin, Mary L, Margaret E, Harry Jr, A
daughter with hard to read name:J ..ds V?.
Mother in Law - Mary T Belden and a niece Mary
H Ra..yers? in household.
I found a news article about Billie Joe(Jo),
he was missing in the 1930 Census. He died in
Dec 1928-South West of Bells. A gun
accidentally went off and he was found dying
at age 10. They had been out hunting. The
article named him Bolden.
Harry Belden Jr Enlisted 17 Jun
1940
His 'Hospital Card' at Ancestry.com
Adds this; Killed in Action
But doesn't say what killed him.
The Hospital Cards are filled out after
the battle subsides and they
remove bodies ( and wounded) from the
battle field. They
note the identification and observe what
they can of what killed them.)
Since he was in an Artillery unit even
concussions from the artillery can cause
death unknown.
687th Artillery Unit.
They had left the US for Europe in
Jul 1944
They landed on Utah Beach on D Day
They fought through Normandy and Brittany.
They went to Luxembourg and Kept on
battling each area they passed through.
His unit had been in the Battle
of the Bulge which ended in Jan
1945. They continued the push into
Germany along with the huge war line of
all Allied military.
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