Public History at UW-Stevens Point

Author: Ben Manthe

  • Gone But Not Forgotten

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    The life of UW Stevens Point’s own Rex Charles Beeckler. Early years Rex Charles Beeckler was the first UW Stevens Point student to be killed in World War I. He was just 23 years old. Beeckler was born in Granton, WI in 1896. He would attend the UWSP then known as Stevens Point Normal School.…