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ONE RUTHERFORD 1 MAN MADE SUPREMESACRIFICE IN U. S. N.Navy Department Records Just Published Show J. L. Beam Died In Service During World War.1 One man from Rutherford county' in the naval service of the United lt;' States, during the World war, made 1i the supreme sacrifice, according to 1' records of the Bureau of Medicine ]' and Surgery, of the Navy Depart- ment. This sailor, Joshua Lawrence lt;7 Beam, of Ellenboro, died on March21, 1918, and to date no mention jhas been made of him in any county (records, and his name does not ap- lt;pear on the monument on the publicr square in Forest City. j[ One hundred and five enlisted men (• and officers, from North Carolina, ^■ in the Naval service made the su- preme sacrifice during the World ^war, according to information just ^. compiled and published*for the firsttime in the Congressional Record. A jdemand for this information arosein several counties of the state andSenator F. M. Simmons recently call-* . ced on the Bureau of Navigation forstatistics, names, etc., of North Car-olina’s men in the Naval Service. rThis information was compiled andfurnished him and made public lastweek in The Congressional Record.The number of men in the Naval service of the United States during the World war from North Carolina and other statistics regarding their service, by counties, is a mere matter of speculation, for, unlike the War Department, this has never been made public.According to the records of the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, of the Navy Depai’tment, J. L. Beam enlisted first as apprentice seaman at Atlanta, Ga.; November 18, 1912, and was honorably discharged at Norfolk, Va., on November 17, 1916. He re-enlisted on January 5, 1917, at Richmond, Va., with a rating of Fireman, first class. Death occured az the Naval Hospital in Charleston,S. C., on March 21, 1918, diagnosis ulcer of the stomach. His remains i were shipped to his father, Foster Beam, of Ellenboro, and were interrat Bethel Church, Ellenboro.
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Forest City Courier
Forest City, North Carolina, US
Thu, Dec 05, 1929
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