(Photo courtesy 'Connie')
Grave marker for Billie G. Beaver, in Block 70 Lot 16 Grave
7 of the Riverview Memorial Gardens, Worland (Washakie County), Wyoming.
Mr. Beaver was a member of Co A during WW-II. His
decorations included the Bronze Star Medal and the Purple Heart with one
Oak Leaf Cluster. He was slightly wounded in action as of June 16,
1944 in France and then seriously wounded on September 17, 1944 in
Holland. He was transferred to an unknown hospital for treatment. |
Home From The War
Billie Beaver is shown (see arrow) as a recuperating
patient on the Queen Mary manifest when it docked in New York City
harbor on Jan 13, 1945. The ship had set sail earlier from
Greenock on the west coast of Scotland.
Billie's wound was listed as "WIA GSW Pen W right
chest, post operative", i.e., a penetrating gun shot wound to the right
chest which had required surgery. |
