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FIRST SERGEANT JAMES LEWIS BEERS; U.S. ARMY

October 25, 1920 (Norwalk, CT) – June 28, 1993 (Brookfield, CT); 72 years oldMarried to Swedish-born Britta Ingegerd Weber on April 18, 1942 in Elizabeth, NJLast local address: 21 Chestnut Street, South NorwalkEnlisted September 2, 1942Serial number 1109478342ND INFANTRY DIVISION German POW in Stalag 9B Bad Orb Hessen-Nassau, Prussia 50-09. From The Norwalk Hour AprilContinue reading “FIRST SERGEANT JAMES LEWIS BEERS; U.S. ARMY”

FIRST SERGEANT GEORGE MACAULESS

Unknown DOB – June 11, 1863 (Port Hudson, LA); unknown age Enlisted October 1, 1861 Mustered in November 19, 1861 Unit: 12th Regiment, Connecticut Volunteers, Company E Promoted to First Sergeant June 22, 1862. Killed June 11, 1863 at Port Hudson, LA. A woman named Eliza A. Gray, claiming to be Sgt Macauless’ mother, appliedContinue reading “FIRST SERGEANT GEORGE MACAULESS”