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1LT Elliott Henry Beale

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1LT Elliott Henry Beale Veteran

Birth
Navarro County, Texas, USA
Death
11 Jun 1944 (aged 22)
France
Burial
Corsicana, Navarro County, Texas, USA GPS-Latitude: 32.098742, Longitude: -96.4817836
Memorial ID
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Army Service No. (ASN): 01174769

First Lt. Elliott H. Beale, 22, died June 11, 1944, when a plane he was piloting as an artillery observer in the Normandy invasion exploded at treetop height.

His brother, Pvt. Robert Eugene Beale, 20, an infantryman in Gen. George Patton's Third Army died Jan. 28, 1945, in the Battle of the Bulge.

The body of the lieutenant was returned from burial in France and the body of the private returned from Luxembourg. Both were graduates of Corsicana high school in Corsicana, Texas, where they lived before entering the service.
Army Service No. (ASN): 01174769

First Lt. Elliott H. Beale, 22, died June 11, 1944, when a plane he was piloting as an artillery observer in the Normandy invasion exploded at treetop height.

His brother, Pvt. Robert Eugene Beale, 20, an infantryman in Gen. George Patton's Third Army died Jan. 28, 1945, in the Battle of the Bulge.

The body of the lieutenant was returned from burial in France and the body of the private returned from Luxembourg. Both were graduates of Corsicana high school in Corsicana, Texas, where they lived before entering the service.


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