Person:Beverly Harris (4)

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Beverly Richardson Harris
b.4 Mar 1917 New Orleans, LA
d.23 Aug 1997 New Orleans, LA
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m. 1 Aug 1916
  1. Beverly Richardson Harris1917 - 1997
  2. Lewis Richardson Harris1918 - 1988
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m. 8 Jul 1946
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Name Beverly Richardson Harris
Gender Female
Birth? 4 Mar 1917 New Orleans, LA2211 Burdett St.
Marriage 8 Jul 1946 St. Andrew's Episcopal Church, New Orleans, LAto Dibert Edward Jean Pitre
Reference Number 476
Dibert Edward Jean Pitre
Death? 23 Aug 1997 New Orleans, LA
Burial? 30 Aug 1997 Greenwood Cemetery #22 Palm St. New Orleans, LA
Reference Number 11086

From unknown service magazine, p. 360 -

Beverly R. Harris, Sergeant, WAC: Daughter of Mrs. E. Leonhard, 7911 Birch St., New Orleans. She was born March 4, 1917, and attended Robert E. Lee, McMain High, and Allen Commercial Schools and was a clerk and stenographer with an airline at New Orleans Airport prior to induction Oct. 17, 1943. Assigned to Santa Ana Air Base in California, she served as code instructor for Pilot Radio School until going overseas May 30, 1944. Sergeant Harris served in England, France, and Belgium as radio (CW) operator with Ninth Bomber Command Headquarters. She has battle stars for the Invasion of Normandy, the Campaign of Northern France, the Ardennes Forest Defensive, the Rhineland, and Central Europe. She also has the European-African-Middle Eastern Theater of Operations Ribbon, the WAC Service Medal, and the Good Conduct Medal. Sergeant Harris received her discharge with a certificate of honorable service Aug. 29, 1945, at Fort Bragg, N.C.

Army of the United States, Honorable Discharge: This is to certify that Beverly R. Harris A 801 047 Sergeant WAC Detachment Headquarters Squadron 9th Air Division Army of the United States is hereby honorably discharged from the military service of the United States of America. This certificate is awarded as a testimonial of honest and faithful service to this country. Given at Separation Center Fort Bragg, North Carolina, 29 August 1945. (Brown hair, brown eyes, 5' 4 1/2", weight 126.5 lbs, clerk typist. Enlisted 7 September 1942, entry into active service 1 September 1943. Military occupational specialty: radio operator, low speed (776). Battles & campaigns: Normandy, Northern France, Rhineland, Ardennes, Central Europe. Decorations & citations: WAAC Service Medal W 600-66-43 13 Aug 43; EAMET campaign medal with 5 bronze service stars; good conduct medal AR 600-68 6 Mar 44. Continental service 9 months 3 days; foreign service 1 year 2 months 26 days (30 May 1944 - 25 August 1945.

References
  1.   Richerson Louis Rhodes. Import from RichersonLRhodes.GED.
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