Name:
Howard Walter Beal
Rank:
Major
Serial Number:
Unit:
6th Field Artillery Regiment, 1st Infantry Division
Date of Death:
1918-07-20
State:
Massachusetts
Cemetery:
Suresnes American Cemetery, Suresnes, France
Plot:
B
Row:
4
Grave:
32
Decoration:
Comments:
When Howard Walter Beal was born on November 26, 1869, in Bangor, Maine, his father, Joel, was 34 and his mother, Helen, was 30. He married Henrietta Hobbs on October 1, 1902, in Shrewsbury, Massachusetts. He served in the U.S. Army during World War I as a Major in Medical Detachment Company, 6th Field Artillery Regiment, 1st Division. He died from his wounds received in battle on July 20, 1918 and is now buried in Suresnes American Cemetery, Suresnes, France. He also has a cenotaph in Worcester Rural Cemetery, Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA.