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Harold
Roy
Beavers
KIA (Korea)
May 5, 1918

–

September 21, 1950

Cemetery:

Chattanooga National Cemetery

Awards Received

  • Silver Star

    Service:

    United States Army

    Rank:

    Captain (Armor)

    Batallion:

    73d Heavy Tank Battalion

    Division:

    7th Infantry Division

    Action Date:

    Korean War
    Headquarters, EIGHTH U.S. Army, Korea, General Orders No. 77 (1950) & 110 (1950)

    (Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Captain (Armor) Harold Roy Beavers (ASN: 0-1011362), United States Army, was awarded the Silver Star (Posthumously) for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity in connection with military operations against the enemy while serving with the 73d Heavy Tank Battalion, 7th Infantry Division, in Korea.

  • Silver Star

    Service:

    United States Army

    Rank:

    Captain (Armor)

    Batallion:

    73d Heavy Tank Battalion

    Division:

    7th Infantry Division

    Action Date:

    Korean War
    Headquarters, 7th Infantry Division, General Orders No. 95 (1950) , Amended by G.O. 9 (1951) and G.O. 400 (1951)

    (Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Captain (Armor) Harold Roy Beavers (ASN: 0-1011362), United States Army, was awarded a Bronze Oak Leaf Cluster in lieu of a Second Award of the Silver Star (Posthumously) for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity in connection with military operations against the enemy while serving with the 73d Heavy Tank Battalion, 7th Infantry Division, in Korea. [So much of Section II (award of the Silver Star (third Oak Leaf Cluster), General Orders Number 95, this headquarters, 1950, as amended by General Orders Number 9, this headquarters, 1951, as pertains to Captain Harold R. Beavers as reads “award of the second Bronze Oak Leaf Cluster to the Silver Star (Posthumous)” is further amended to read “award of the first Bronze Oak Leaf Cluster to the Silver Star (Posthumous).]

  • Distinguished Service Cross

    Service:

    United States Army

    Rank:

    First Lieutenant (Armor)

    Batallion:

    743d Tank Battalion (Separate)

    Division:

    1st Infantry Division (Attached)

    Action Date:

    June 6, 1944
    Headquarters, FIRST U.S. Army, General Orders No. 37 (July 21, 1944)

    The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress July 9, 1918, takes pleasure in presenting the Distinguished Service Cross to First Lieutenant (Armor) Harold Roy Beavers (ASN: 0-1011362), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in connection with military operations against an armed enemy while serving with Company B, 743d Tank Battalion (Separate), attached to the 1st Infantry Division, in action against enemy forces at Normandy, France, on 6 June 1944. First Lieutenant Beavers landed on the coast of France under heavy enemy small arms, machine gun, mortar and artillery fire with the initial assault wave. During this landing the company commander was killed in action, First Lieutenant Beavers calmly and courageously assumed command of the disorganized company and moved forward up the beach. When another officer in the company was seriously wounded First Lieutenant Beavers, despite the intense enemy fire and without regard for his own personal safety, dismounted from his tank, placed the wounded officer onto his tank and moved the tank through an enemy mine field to a place from which the aid men could remove the wounded officer. First Lieutenant Beavers then mounted his tank and directed the company in the opening of a beach exit. First Lieutenant Beavers’ outstanding leadership, personal bravery and zealous devotion to duty exemplify the highest traditions of the military forces of the United States and reflect great credit upon himself, the 1st Infantry Division, and the United States Army.