SSG Edward Raymond Beahm

Male 1918 - 1945  (27 years)


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  • Name Edward Raymond Beahm 
    Title SSG 
    Birth 19 Feb 1918  Concordia, Cloud, KS Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Death 19 Mar 1945  Italy Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • U.S. Rosters of World War II Dead, 1939-1945
      about Edward R Beahm
      Name: Edward R Beahm
      Gender: Male
      Race: White
      Religion: Protestant
      Cemetery Name: Oregon
      Disposition: According to next of kin
      Service Branch: Army
      Rank: Staff Sergeant
      Service Number: 39337515

      The Telephone Register, McMinnville, Oregon, Nov. 25, 1948

      MILITARY SERVICES SET DECEMBER 2

      Full military services will be conducted for S/Sgt. Edward R. Beahm, who was killed in Italy during World War II, at the Yamhill Christian church at 2 p.m. December 2. Burial will be at the Firlawn cemetery, Hillsboro. Rev. Putman will officiate.

      Beahm enlisted in the service in 1943, after coming to Yamhill in 1937. At the time of his death, he was owner of B&W Packing plant. He was a member of the 10th mountain division of the Army Ground Forces. Beahm was killed in action March 9, 1945. He received his army training at Camp Hale, Colo., and Camp Swift, Tex. He was sent to Italy in January, 1945.

      Born in Concordia, Kan., February 19, 1918, he was married December 7, 1941 to Miss Jeanette O. Eustice. A daughter, Jeanne, was born eight days after her father's death. He had lived here since 1937, and was a member of the Christian church.

      His survivors include, in addition to his widow, a son, Richard, of Yamhill, 19-months-old at the time of his father's death; a daughter, Jeanne; his mother, Mrs. Florence Rogers of Salem, and Father, Roy Beahm of Yamhill; a brother, Charles W. Beahm of Yamhill, and three sisters, Mrs. Don Baird and Mrs. Don Smith, both of Oakland, Oregon, and Mrs. H.R. Young of Los Angeles.

      Services are under the direction of the Laughlin-Orr post American Legion, of Yamhill.

      Washington County
      Oregon, USA
    Burial Hillsboro, Washington, OR Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • SSGT Edward R. Beahm
      BIRTH 19 Feb 1918
      DEATH 9 Mar 1945 (aged 27)
      Italy
      BURIAL Fir Lawn Memorial Park
      Hillsboro, Washington County, Oregon, USA

      U.S., Headstone Applications for Military Veterans, 1925-1970
      Name: Edward R Beahm
      Birth Date: 19 Feb 1918
      Service Number: 39337515
      Unit: a/s Infantry 85th Mountain Infantry Regt
      Enlistment Date: 18 Aug 1943
      Discharge Date: 9 Mar 1945
      Death Date: 9 May 1945
      Cemetery: Firlawn Cemetery
      Cemetery Location: Hillsboro, Oregon, USA
    Person ID I7995  Drollinger Genealogy
    Last Modified 26 Oct 2021 

    Family Jeanette Olive Eustice,   b. 18 Mar 1916, Yamhill County, OR Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 15 Apr 1992, Yamhill County, OR Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 76 years) 
    Marriage 7 Dec 1941  Yamhill, Yamhill, OR Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Oregon, U.S., County Marriage Records, 1851-1975
      Name: Edward Raymond Beahm
      Gender: Male
      Age: 23
      Birth Date: abt 1918
      Marriage Date: 7 Dec 1941
      Marriage Place: Yamhill, Oregon, USA
      Spouse:
      Jeannette Olive Eustice
      Film Number: 004474577
    Children 
     1. Richard Eustice Beahm
     2. Jeanne Beahm
    Family ID F2655  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 26 Oct 2021 

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  • Notes 
    • 1930 United States Federal Census
      Name: Edward R Beahm
      Birth Year: abt 1918
      Gender: Male
      Race: White
      Age in 1930: 12
      Birthplace: Kansas
      Marital Status: Single
      Relation to Head of House: Son
      Home in 1930: Concordia, Cloud, Kansas, USA
      Map of Home: Concordia, Cloud, Kansas
      Street Address: East Seventh Street
      Ward of City: Fourth
      House Number: 1007
      Dwelling Number: 107
      Family Number: 135
      Attended School: Yes
      Able to Read and Write: Yes
      Father's Birthplace: Kansas
      Mother's Birthplace: Kansas
      Able to Speak English: Yes
      Household Members Age Relationship
      Roy H Beahm 41 Head
      Florence W Beahm 37 Wife
      Charles W Beahm 16 Son
      Geneva E Beahm 14 Daughter
      Edward R Beahm 12 Son
      Zada P Beahm 9 Daughter