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Served in World War II, European Theatre of Operations 1944-45. 397th Infantry Regiment, 100th Division, Company C, 7th Infantry. http://www.100thww2.org/
Honorable Discharge 17 Oct 1945 to enlist in Regular Army.
Purple Heart for Wounds received in Action in Germany, April 1945. http://www.100thww2.org/honrol/397wia.html
Wound received: Mult Leg W L Leg, pen W R Leg, 6 Apr, 1945, Germany
Bronze Star for Meritorious Achievement in Ground Operations against the Enemy on or about 30 March 1945.
Date of Induction 12, Sep 1944, Fort Dix, NJ
Expert, M-1 Rifle, 28 Oct 1944
Rhineland Campaign (15 Sep 1944 to 21 Mar 1945)
Central Europe Campaign (22 Mar 1945 to 11 May 1945)
Honorable Discharge 17 Oct 1948, rank of Corporal.
1926 |
July 31, 1926
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Geneva, NY
Age 3 years, 8 months in the 1930 census. |
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2002 |
January 27, 2002
Age 75
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Pembroke, Christian County, KY, Hopkinsville, Christian, KY
buried Green Hills Mem. in Hopkinsville, Christian, Kentucky |
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January 30, 2002
Age 75
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Green Hills Memorial Cemetary, 5325 Cadiz Rd, Hopkinsville, Christian, KY
E. EDWARD BEEBE
Services will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at Lamb Funeral Home, with the Revs. James Talley and Greg Giltner officiating. Burial will be in Green Hill Memorial Gardens. Visitation will be from 5 until 7 p.m. Tuesday A native of Geneva, N.Y., he was born July 31, 1926, the son of the late Vincent and Florence Breese Beebe. He was a World War 1I Army veteran and recipient of the Purple Heart. He was a retired postal carrier and Civil Service employee at Fort Campbell. He was a member of the Disabled American Veterans, the Veterans of Foreign Wars and had been a leader for Boy Scouts of America. He was a member and elder of Cumberland Presbyterian Church. Survivors include his wife, Ann Beebe; a son, Brent Edward Beebe, Portland, Ore.; two daughters, Patty Bebe, Louisville, Sandra Dresel, Hopkinsville; two sisters, Mary Principio and Pauline Simoni, both of Geneva, and seven grandchildren. Memorials may be made to the Disabled American Veterans or to the Cumberland Presbyterian
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