World War II Honoree

Edsel Ray Beaty

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Albany, Kentucky

Honored By

Walton R. Haddix

SERVED IN THE THIRD ARMY UNDER GENERAL GEORGE S. PATTON, JR. PARTICIPATED IN THE BATTLE OF THE BULGE WITH THE FOURTH ARMORED DIVISION COMMANDED BY CREIGHTON WILLIAMS ABRAMS, JR. SERVED IN THE FOURTH ARMORED DIVISION WHICH SPEARHEADED GENERAL PATTON'S THIRD ARMY DURING BATTLES IN FRANCE, BELGIUM, GERMANY AND THE RHINELAND VALLEY. BREACHED THE SIEGFRIED LINE, CONQUERED SEVERAL HUNDRED GERMAN TOWNS, LIBERATED THE BUCHENWALD CONCENTRATION CAMP ON APRIL 12, 1945 AND THE DACHAU CONCENTRATION CAMP ON APRIL 27, 1945. AFTER SURRENDER OF GERMANY ON MAY 8, 1945, SERVED FOR SIX MONTHS IN AN ARMED MILITARY CONSTABULARY UNIT PROVIDING SECURITY AND PROTECTION IN GERMANY. AWARDED A BRONZE STAR MEDAL, COMBAT INFANTRYMAN BADGE AND SEVERAL BATTLES STARS.