Father: Bert Bensen 1892 - 1952

Mother: Amelia Louise Hammond 1900 - 1936

Name Richard Bean

Social Security Number 574-05-1715

Birth Date 5 Jun 1920

Issue year Before 1951

Issue State Alaska

Last Residence 99829, Hoonah, Skagway Yakutat Angoon, Alaska, USA

Death Date Dec 1985

SSDI

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Name Richard B Bean

Gender Male

Birth Date 5 Jan 1920

Death Date 24 Dec 1985

Cause of Death Natural

SSN 574051715

Enlistment Branch ARMY

Enlistment Date 27 Jun 1944

Discharge Date 5 Jan 1946

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Name Richard B Bean

Race American Indian (American)

Marital Status Married

Rank Private

Birth Year 1920

Nativity State or Country Alaska

Citizenship Citizen

Residence Alaska

Education 1 year of high school

Enlistment Date 27 Jun 1944

Service Number 39951453

Branch No branch assignment

Component Selectees (Enlisted Men)

Source Civil Life

U.S., World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946

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Name Richard B Bean

Race Native American

Age 21

Relationship to Draftee Self (Head)

Birth Date 5 Jun 1920

Birth Place Hoonah, Alaska, USA

Residence Place Hoonah, Alaska, USA

Registration Date 16 Feb 1942

Registration Place Hoonah, Alaska, USA

Employer Icy Straits Salmon Co

Height 5 8

Weight 158

Complexion Dark Brown

Hair Color Black

Eye Color Brown

Next of Kin Edith Bean

U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947

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MARRIAGE:

Name Richard Bean

Gender Male

Record Type Marriage

Marriage Date 19 Aug 1939

Marriage Place Juneau, Alaska, USA

Spouse Edith Sheakley

 Alaska, U.S., Vital Records, 1818 -1963

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In November 2013, Congress awarded silver medals posthumously to Tlingit code talkers Robert "Jeff" David, Sr., Richard Bean, Sr., George Lewis, Jr., and brothers Harvey Jacobs and Mark Jacobs, Jr. Southeast Alaska Native Veterans Commander Ozzie Sheakley, who attended the Congressional ceremony in Washington, D.C. along with representatives from 32 other tribes whose members were also code talkers, received the Congressional Gold Medal on behalf of the Tlingit tribe.  

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Richard Bean, Sr.

T'akdeintaan clan

Sockeye House, Hoonah

Chookaneidí dachxán

June 5, 1920 – Dec. 24, 1985

Richard Bean, Sr., (Joonalaxéitl) was a well-known commercial fisherman from Hoonah — a purse seiner, crabber, troller, and halibut fisherman. Richard was a lifetime member of the Alaska Native Brotherhood, and a member of Sealaska, Huna Totem Corp., Juneau Veterans of Foreign Wars, and the Sitka American Legion. He was also an elder in the Hoonah Presbyterian Church. He served in the South Pacific during World War II.