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PRIVATE FIRST CLASS HARRY
E. BEACH was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry A. Beach. He had lived on
Kirkwood-Gibbsboro Road in Voorhees Township NJ, and worked with the
Camden County Highway Department. Inducted into the Army in May of 1942,
he was assigned to the 115th Infantry regiment, 29th Infantry
Division.
Harry Beach survived the
landing at Omaha Beach on D-Day, June 6, 1944. He was killed in action
in the hedgerows of Normandy on July 11, 1944, at the age of 31. Harry
Beach was survived by his parents, a brother, Henry Jr., and a sister Alice.
His death was reported in the August 10, 1944 edition of the Camden Courier-Post.
Harry
Beach's brother Henry served in the US Navy during World War II and was
a charter member of the American Legion Post 371 in Gibbsboro, NJ. He
was a founder of the Voorhees Township Police Department where he served
for 22 years and became the department's first retiree. He was a
standing member of the Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 9 and a member of
the Law Enforcement Bowling League well into his retirement. Henry A.
Beach Jr. passed away on April 22, 2008.
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