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Glenn C. Beavers

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Glenn C. Beavers

Birth
Cartney, Baxter County, Arkansas, USA
Death
26 May 1942 (aged 18)
Philippines
Burial
Norfork, Baxter County, Arkansas, USA GPS-Latitude: 36.2044804, Longitude: -92.2843545
Memorial ID
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PVT US Army
World War II

Son of Clarence Z. Beavers & Lena R. Avey.

* first obituary
The Baxter Bulletin
Mountain Home, Arkansas
October 1, 1948

Body of Norfork
Soldier Returned
For Burial

The body of Pvt. Glen C. Beavers, who was killed while serving in the army in the Pacific during World War Two, is being returned to the United States aboard the army transport Sergeant Morris E. Cain. It was announced this week by the American Graves Registration Division.

* second obituary
The Baxter Bulletin
Mountain Home, Arkansas
October 22, 1948

Military Rites Held
At Norfork For Pvt.
Glenn C. Beavers

Funeral services for Pvt. Glenn c. Beavers, who died in a Japanese concentration camp in the Philippine Islands, May 26, 1942, were held at the Norfork Cemetery, Sunday afternoon, with the Rev. D. W. Stark officiating. Military rites at the graveside were preformed by members of the American Legion and V. F. W. Posts of Norfork and Mountain Home. Arrangements were under the direction of the Roller-Barber Funeral Home.

Pvt. Beavers was born March 24, 1924, at Cartney. He entered the army at Kansas City, Mo., in November of 1939, and asked for foreign service. He was sent to the Philippine Islands in the spring of 1939, and had completed his enlistment and was ready to return home when war was declared in December, 1941. He remained in that area where he was in combat and captured. In 1944, word was received by his family that he had died in a Japanese concentration camp as a result of lack of food and ill treatment at the hands of the Japanese.

He is survived by his mother, Mrs. Lena Grisham and stepfather, Glenn Grisham of Norfork.
PVT US Army
World War II

Son of Clarence Z. Beavers & Lena R. Avey.

* first obituary
The Baxter Bulletin
Mountain Home, Arkansas
October 1, 1948

Body of Norfork
Soldier Returned
For Burial

The body of Pvt. Glen C. Beavers, who was killed while serving in the army in the Pacific during World War Two, is being returned to the United States aboard the army transport Sergeant Morris E. Cain. It was announced this week by the American Graves Registration Division.

* second obituary
The Baxter Bulletin
Mountain Home, Arkansas
October 22, 1948

Military Rites Held
At Norfork For Pvt.
Glenn C. Beavers

Funeral services for Pvt. Glenn c. Beavers, who died in a Japanese concentration camp in the Philippine Islands, May 26, 1942, were held at the Norfork Cemetery, Sunday afternoon, with the Rev. D. W. Stark officiating. Military rites at the graveside were preformed by members of the American Legion and V. F. W. Posts of Norfork and Mountain Home. Arrangements were under the direction of the Roller-Barber Funeral Home.

Pvt. Beavers was born March 24, 1924, at Cartney. He entered the army at Kansas City, Mo., in November of 1939, and asked for foreign service. He was sent to the Philippine Islands in the spring of 1939, and had completed his enlistment and was ready to return home when war was declared in December, 1941. He remained in that area where he was in combat and captured. In 1944, word was received by his family that he had died in a Japanese concentration camp as a result of lack of food and ill treatment at the hands of the Japanese.

He is survived by his mother, Mrs. Lena Grisham and stepfather, Glenn Grisham of Norfork.


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  • Created by: Max
  • Added: Mar 18, 2009
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/34941431/glenn_c-beavers: accessed ), memorial page for Glenn C. Beavers (24 Mar 1924–26 May 1942), Find a Grave Memorial ID 34941431, citing Norfork Cemetery, Norfork, Baxter County, Arkansas, USA; Maintained by Max (contributor 47071037).