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World War 1 Veterans Project

  • Birth of Bean

    Bean was born in the month of May, the 24th day, and the year 1888. He was born in a place called Syracuse, in New York. He grew up and lived in 1335 Grape Street, Syracuse New York. He attended in Croton School, it was apparently nearby.
  • Family in life

    Both his Mother and his Father were born in Kent, England. He had five brothers and one sister. His Father had passed away on October 16, 1895. He got married with his wife in June, 1917. Him and his wife later had a child.
  • William Himself

    When I searched him up on the internet, I could not find him in any article, not even in Wikipedia, they usually have everyone there. I searched for a while, but I could not even find a single thing about him on google. Even the article that I found all of the other information only vaguely told any facts about him.
  • Jobs

    In his autobiography, it does not say if he ever had a job. It does not say where he had worked before. It does not say what age he even started to work in. It does not say what career he had planned to follow. It does not say where exactly he was deployed in the military. It does not say if he ever moved in the military to another position.
  • Family

    Something that I noticed when reading this article is that there is not much info about Bean’s family. It states when and somewhat where his parents were born. It also states how many siblings he had. This article, however, does not include the location of birth of his siblings, nor does it include any kind of date specifying when they were born.
  • Biography

    In his biography, it doesn’t really say anything about him at all. It says When he was born and where, but nothing much about his childhood. It does not state where, specifically, he grew up. It did not say what school he went to, nor if he even studied. Does not say where he was married, does not say much about anything in his life.
  • Start Of War

    The first world war started in July 28, 1914. It started because of M.A.N.I.A. Mania stands for: Militarism, Alliances, Nationalism, Imperialism, and Assassination. All of these things in order helped start the war because of all the tension. The assassination basically sealed off the fact that the U.S. was joining the world war.
  • Allies

    Different countries were becoming allies with each other. They both became two different groups. The two groups were the Central powers, and the Allies. The central powers consisted of Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy (which later moved to the Allied side). The Allies consisted of Britain, France, and Russia.
  • Nationalism

    A lot of nations viewed other nations as competitors, willing to go to war to show their dominance. Different places had split up into many differently named areas, so people were split into which areas they supported. Some people would go as far as killing innocent people who they didn’t even know, just because they were loyal to their own country.
  • Imperialism

    Different countries were taking over smaller places for a lot of different reasons. One of them was for military positions, their country might need a good spot to refuel different equipment, while still having an advantage in location and cover. another was for cultural; people thought that everyone should have the exact same religion as them.
  • Assassination

    Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand was assassinated. He was killed in Bosnia while visiting. He was assassinated Next to his wife in a wagon while riding around the area. He was killed by a Serbian nationalist. The assassin was in a group of people who believed that Bosnia should belong to Serbia, hence the hate for the Archduke.
  • Period: to

    World War 1

  • Assignation

    William James Bean was inducted into war in 1917. He started out by joining the United States in their field of area. He started out on Fort Hamilton. Fort Hamilton was located in Brooklyn, New York.
  • During the war

    He started in the year of 1917. He started out in the United States Army, he was assigned to be in Brooklyn, New York. He was later discharged from service in April 15, 1919.
  • Discharges

    William James Bean was discharged from the 59th Artillery in Washington DC, on April 15, 1919. He was also discharged by the Home Service Station on March 15, 1919.
  • Cause of death

    William’s doctor found out that he had three “goiters” in his throat. The doctor told him that he needed surgery. The doctor was “inebriated” when he performed the surgery and ended up cutting Bean’s windpipe causing his death on May 16, 1935. His funeral was held shortly after at 107 Stevens Avenue to Oakwood Cemetery.
  • Life after war

    it does not say what he did after the war. it does say that he lived until after the war, but not what he did. It doesn’t say whether he Stayed with his wife or not. It does not mention anything about his children after the war other than at his funeral, and even then all it did was mention that his children were even there.
  • Death

    Bean died during an attempted surgery, his doctor accidentally cut his throat in the process. His surgeon did not intend to kill him, he was drunk at the moment of the surgery. His funeral was held not much after. Bean had died at the age of 46, he was a couple of days from turning 47.
  • Militarism

    Germany’s army had started to increase at alarming rates. This made all the other countries concerned with Germany. People started talking about a lot of things. Tension built up a lot and people started to worry more and more. It eventually got out of hand, which ended roughly for everyone altogether.