World War II Honoree

Thomas Keller Beall

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Savannah, Georgia

Honored By

Y. Allen Beall

Relationship

Brother

ENTERED U.S. ARMY IN 1945, ASSIGNED TO FORT KNOX, KENTUCKY FOR BASIC TRAINING AND ADVANCED TRAINING IN ARMOR TANKS. ON COMPLETING WAS SHIPPED TO CAMP PICKETT, VIRGINIA AS A REPLACEMENT FOR UNITS IN EUROPE. IN 1946 DEPARTED CAMP KILMER, NEW JERSEY FOR LEHAVRE, FRANCE. WAS ASSIGNED TO 822ND HEAVY TANK BATTALION, 1ST ARMORED DIVISION AND MOVED TO GERMANY. LATER 1946 WAS TRANSFERRED TO A NEWLY FOUNDED 11TH CONSTABULARY REGIMENT TO GUARD AND SUPERVISE TOP LEVEL PRISONERS OF WAR. RETURNED TO THE U.S. IN 1947 FOR DISCHARGE.