BEAVER Homer C - 517 PIR CT 17 AD

 

Homer Charles BEAVER

 

BEAVER Homer C - 517 PIR CT

Source : Doc Wilson (Ellen Marchese)
 
NUMBER OF SERVICE35217469
AGE21 yo
DATE OF BIRTH11 July 1923 Dublin, Franklin County, OHIO
ENLISTMENT STATEOHIO
FAMILY

Parents : Earl & Cora M. Tedrow BEAVER

Siblings : Carlyle Francis, Violet Bernice, Edwin L, Edna L, Homer Charles & Earl 

RANKSergeant
FONCTIONParatroopers
JOB BEFORE ENLISTEMENT  Unskilled occupations in fabrication of metal productsNE
DATE of ENLISTEMENT14 April 1943 Columbus OHIO
REGIMENT  517th Parachute Infantry Regimental Combat Team
DIVISION 17th Airborne Division
DATE OF DEATH4 November 1944

BEAVER Homer C - 517 PIR CT

Source : Andy

STATUSKIA
PLACE OF DEATHSospel, ALPES-MARITIMES
CEMETERY TEMPORARY

 CEMTERY TEMPORARY of  -- N°--

Story of Cemetery Temporary 

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CEMETERYRHONE AMERICAN CEMETERY and MEMORIAL of Draguignan

Map of Rhône American Cemetery

GRAVE
PlotRowGrave
A109
DECORATION

Purple Heart

World War II Victory Medal 

Combat Infantryman Badge


Photo FDLM

victory medal

combat infantryman badge

 
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STORY
  

BEAVER Homer C - 517 PIR CT

Homer is buried next to his brother Carl.

Source : ABMC

 KIA along with four others in the blast of a booby trapped house in the Sospel.

The German engineers had rigged it with a time delayed device.

They anticipated the Americans would go into the large nice-looking empty house and take up quarters.

The others killed were Pvt Alton Allen, Pvt John Fouts, PFC Daniel Ogniewski and Pvt Walter Vandrpool. Five others were injured including one, Floyd Polk, who lost a leg.

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13rd AIRBORNE DIVISION - THE ANGELS

 

Activated/Activé

 Normandy/Normandie
13 Aug 1943  Days of Combat/Jour de Combat  --
   Casualties/Victimes  13

Entered Combat/Entré au combat

  
   

Commanding Generals/Commandants généraux

Maj. Gen. George W. Griner   (Aug 43 - Nov 43) 
Maj. Gen. Elbridge G. Chapman, Jr.   (Nov 43 - inactivation) 

Campaigns/Campagnes
   

PLAN DE ROUTE DE LA CAMPAGNE - CAMPAIGN ROUTE MAP

DIVISION CHRONICLE


Although assigned to the First Allied Airborne Army in Europe, the Division as a whole was not committed to action in the European theater. The Division continued its training in France and was alerted for several operations, but these did not materialize.

One of its elements, the 517th Parachute Infantry Regiment, which was assigned to the Division 1 March 1945, had previously seen combat in Italy, Southern France, and in the Ardennes. The Division returned to the United States in August 1945 for redeployment to the Pacific but the end of the war precluded its use in combat in that theater.

CHRONIQUE DE DIVISION


Bien qu'affectée à la première armée aéroportée alliée en Europe, la division dans son ensemble n'était pas engagée dans l'action sur le théâtre européen. La Division a poursuivi son entraînement en France et a été alertée pour plusieurs opérations, mais celles-ci ne se sont pas concrétisées.

L'un de ses éléments, le 517th Parachute Infantry Regiment, affecté à la Division le 1er mars 1945, avait déjà combattu en Italie, dans le sud de la France et dans les Ardennes. La Division retourna aux États-Unis en août 1945 pour un redéploiement dans le Pacifique mais la fin de la guerre empêcha son utilisation au combat dans ce théâtre.

 

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