World War II Honoree

Agnew E. Beavens

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Grill, Pennsylvania

Honored By

A Grateful American

HE COMPLETED INFANTRY RIFLEMAN TRAINING AT FORT MCCLELLAN, ALABAMA IN 1943. HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE ELITE 517 PARACHUTE REGIMENT COMBAT TEAM SERVING IN ITALY. ON D-DAY 1944 HE PARACHUTED INTO SOUTHERN FRANCE WITH THE 460TH FIELD ARTILLERY, BATTERY A, 517TH PARACHUTE REGIMENT COMBAT TEAM. IN 1945 AFTER BEING STATIONED WITH THE 82ND AIRBORNE IN FORT BRAGG, NORTH CAROLINA, HE BECAME AN ORIGINAL MEMBER OF THE UNITED STATES ARMY'S FIRST PARACHUTE DEMONSTRATION TEAM. HE WAS DISCHARGED IN 1946 AS A SERGEANT, HEADQUARTERS COMPANY 501ST PARACHUTE INFANTRY BATTALION.