Bei Anthony

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Anthony Bei is honored on the following 1 monument(s) in our database:

Waal River Crossing Memorial - 82nd Airborne Division

Name:

Anthony Bei

Rank:

Private

Serial Number:

32344175

Unit:

504th Parachute Infantry Regiment

Date of Death:

1944-09-20

State:

New York

Cemetery:

Netherlands American Cemetery, Margraten, Netherlands

Plot:

Row:

Grave:

Decoration:

Purple Heart

Comments:

Anthony Bei was born on June 19, 1919, in New York, New York County, New York. He was the son of Fannie Ballanti.

Anthony served in Company I, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division, as a Private during World War II. He was Killed in action on September 20, 1944, during Operation Market Garden while participating in the Waal River crossing, the heroic crossing that liberated Nijmegen, The Netherlands. He was one of the 49 paratroopers killed during the assault on German positions on the opposite bank. Pvt Bei is now buried in the Netherlands American Cemetery, Margraten, Netherlands.