Beard, Alfred
Marines Reserves Private 1st class

Alfred Beard, age 21, from Duncansville, Pennsylvania, Blair county.

Parents: Charles Beard and Sarah E. Beard

Service era: World War II
Schools: Hollidaysburg High.
Military history: Private 1st class, U.S. Marine Corp. Reserve, company I, 3rd battalion, 9th Marines, 3rd division. Enlisted March 1, 1944.

Date of death: Sunday, February 25, 1945
Death details: Killed in action in Iwo Jima.
Cemetery: Carson Valley, Duncansville

Source: National Archives, Altoona Mirror grave marker