Lieutenant Colonel Duane Willard Beeson was born on 16 July 1921 in Boise, Idaho, USA, the son of Carl Beeson (1889-1964) and Zelda K. Beeson née Parsons (1891-1987).
Our Picture Source and his Wikipedia page give details of his life and his death, aged 25 years, on 13 February 1947. He was buried in Section 11, Grave 34 in the Arlington National Cemetery, 1 Memorial Avenue, Arlington, Virginia, USA.
Credit for this entry to: Andrew Behan.
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Duane Beeson
{On the front of the pillar, facing north, into the square, below a carved im...
Co-partner or employee of the South Suburban Gas Company. Served but did not die in WW1.
Had served in the Shropshire L.I. At the time of his death was an in-pensioner at Chelsea Hospital and a patient in the Infirmary.
Awarded the VC for his heroism on 4 July 1918, age 25, while serving in the 15th Battalion, Australian Imperial Force. "Having silenced every gun in one direction, an enemy gun opened up from a dif...
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