Son of Freda B. Biel and John Stephen Beach of New Albany, Floyd Co., IN.
New Albany Weekly Ledger, Wednesday September 11, 1918. Red Cross Nurse Send News of Soldier's Death: Letter States That Hobart G. Beach Dies From Effects of Wound in Right Leg Somewhat Mysterious Letter is Not Dated and Does Not State Time of Young Man's Death.
A letter received by John Beach, who lives on the Old Vincennes Road, a mile from the city, stated that his son, Hobart G. Beach, a soldier in France, died in a French Hospital from the effects of a gun shot wound in the right leg. The letter is signed by Jennie Kendricks, Red Cross Nurse, but while it is written on the official Red Cross Stationary and bears the initials of the censor certifying that the letter had been properly censored, the letter is not dated, neither does it state the date of the young man's death.
While Mr. Beach believes that the letter is authentic he clings to the hope that there may be some mistake and today he telegraphed the War Department at Washington for information concerning his son and for details concerning his death, if he is dead. Members of the family are anxiously awaiting a reply from the War Department.
Young Beach was 23 years old and was reared on a farm just north of the city. He enlisted in Troop D, Second Indiana Cavalry which was recruited in this city last summer and was transferred at Camp Shelby, Hattiesburg, Miss., to Company H, 168th Infantry. If he is dead, he is the first of the Troop D boys to make the supreme sacrifice for his country.
GOLD STAR HONOR ROLL - INDIANA - WORLD WAR RECORDS, VOL. I
[940.9 I39] FLOYD COUNTY
BEACH, HOBART GEORGE (Private) Son of John and Freda Biel Beach; born September 11, 1896, New Albany, Ind. Farmer. Enlisted in Troop D, 1st Cavalry, Indiana National Guard, May 9, 1917, New Albany, Ind. Sent to Camp Shelby, Miss.; assigned to Replacement Draft. Went overseas June 12, 1918; assigned to Company H, 168th Infantry, 42nd (Rainbow) Division. Wounded in action July 29, 1918, and died August 17, 1918, in hospital near Paris, France. Buried in American Cemetery, Suresnes, Seine, France.
The Veterans of Foreign Wars Post in New Albany was named after him, as he was the second man from Floyd County to be killed in action during World War I. Hobart Beach Post 1693.
Researched by Laura J. Stewart.
New Albany Weekly Ledger, Wednesday September 11, 1918. Red Cross Nurse Send News of Soldier's Death: Letter States That Hobart G. Beach Dies From Effects of Wound in Right Leg Somewhat Mysterious Letter is Not Dated and Does Not State Time of Young Man's Death.
A letter received by John Beach, who lives on the Old Vincennes Road, a mile from the city, stated that his son, Hobart G. Beach, a soldier in France, died in a French Hospital from the effects of a gun shot wound in the right leg. The letter is signed by Jennie Kendricks, Red Cross Nurse, but while it is written on the official Red Cross Stationary and bears the initials of the censor certifying that the letter had been properly censored, the letter is not dated, neither does it state the date of the young man's death.
While Mr. Beach believes that the letter is authentic he clings to the hope that there may be some mistake and today he telegraphed the War Department at Washington for information concerning his son and for details concerning his death, if he is dead. Members of the family are anxiously awaiting a reply from the War Department.
Young Beach was 23 years old and was reared on a farm just north of the city. He enlisted in Troop D, Second Indiana Cavalry which was recruited in this city last summer and was transferred at Camp Shelby, Hattiesburg, Miss., to Company H, 168th Infantry. If he is dead, he is the first of the Troop D boys to make the supreme sacrifice for his country.
GOLD STAR HONOR ROLL - INDIANA - WORLD WAR RECORDS, VOL. I
[940.9 I39] FLOYD COUNTY
BEACH, HOBART GEORGE (Private) Son of John and Freda Biel Beach; born September 11, 1896, New Albany, Ind. Farmer. Enlisted in Troop D, 1st Cavalry, Indiana National Guard, May 9, 1917, New Albany, Ind. Sent to Camp Shelby, Miss.; assigned to Replacement Draft. Went overseas June 12, 1918; assigned to Company H, 168th Infantry, 42nd (Rainbow) Division. Wounded in action July 29, 1918, and died August 17, 1918, in hospital near Paris, France. Buried in American Cemetery, Suresnes, Seine, France.
The Veterans of Foreign Wars Post in New Albany was named after him, as he was the second man from Floyd County to be killed in action during World War I. Hobart Beach Post 1693.
Researched by Laura J. Stewart.
Son of Freda B. Biel and John Stephen Beach of New Albany, Floyd Co., IN.
New Albany Weekly Ledger, Wednesday September 11, 1918. Red Cross Nurse Send News of Soldier's Death: Letter States That Hobart G. Beach Dies From Effects of Wound in Right Leg Somewhat Mysterious Letter is Not Dated and Does Not State Time of Young Man's Death.
A letter received by John Beach, who lives on the Old Vincennes Road, a mile from the city, stated that his son, Hobart G. Beach, a soldier in France, died in a French Hospital from the effects of a gun shot wound in the right leg. The letter is signed by Jennie Kendricks, Red Cross Nurse, but while it is written on the official Red Cross Stationary and bears the initials of the censor certifying that the letter had been properly censored, the letter is not dated, neither does it state the date of the young man's death.
While Mr. Beach believes that the letter is authentic he clings to the hope that there may be some mistake and today he telegraphed the War Department at Washington for information concerning his son and for details concerning his death, if he is dead. Members of the family are anxiously awaiting a reply from the War Department.
Young Beach was 23 years old and was reared on a farm just north of the city. He enlisted in Troop D, Second Indiana Cavalry which was recruited in this city last summer and was transferred at Camp Shelby, Hattiesburg, Miss., to Company H, 168th Infantry. If he is dead, he is the first of the Troop D boys to make the supreme sacrifice for his country.
GOLD STAR HONOR ROLL - INDIANA - WORLD WAR RECORDS, VOL. I
[940.9 I39] FLOYD COUNTY
BEACH, HOBART GEORGE (Private) Son of John and Freda Biel Beach; born September 11, 1896, New Albany, Ind. Farmer. Enlisted in Troop D, 1st Cavalry, Indiana National Guard, May 9, 1917, New Albany, Ind. Sent to Camp Shelby, Miss.; assigned to Replacement Draft. Went overseas June 12, 1918; assigned to Company H, 168th Infantry, 42nd (Rainbow) Division. Wounded in action July 29, 1918, and died August 17, 1918, in hospital near Paris, France. Buried in American Cemetery, Suresnes, Seine, France.
The Veterans of Foreign Wars Post in New Albany was named after him, as he was the second man from Floyd County to be killed in action during World War I. Hobart Beach Post 1693.
Researched by Laura J. Stewart.
New Albany Weekly Ledger, Wednesday September 11, 1918. Red Cross Nurse Send News of Soldier's Death: Letter States That Hobart G. Beach Dies From Effects of Wound in Right Leg Somewhat Mysterious Letter is Not Dated and Does Not State Time of Young Man's Death.
A letter received by John Beach, who lives on the Old Vincennes Road, a mile from the city, stated that his son, Hobart G. Beach, a soldier in France, died in a French Hospital from the effects of a gun shot wound in the right leg. The letter is signed by Jennie Kendricks, Red Cross Nurse, but while it is written on the official Red Cross Stationary and bears the initials of the censor certifying that the letter had been properly censored, the letter is not dated, neither does it state the date of the young man's death.
While Mr. Beach believes that the letter is authentic he clings to the hope that there may be some mistake and today he telegraphed the War Department at Washington for information concerning his son and for details concerning his death, if he is dead. Members of the family are anxiously awaiting a reply from the War Department.
Young Beach was 23 years old and was reared on a farm just north of the city. He enlisted in Troop D, Second Indiana Cavalry which was recruited in this city last summer and was transferred at Camp Shelby, Hattiesburg, Miss., to Company H, 168th Infantry. If he is dead, he is the first of the Troop D boys to make the supreme sacrifice for his country.
GOLD STAR HONOR ROLL - INDIANA - WORLD WAR RECORDS, VOL. I
[940.9 I39] FLOYD COUNTY
BEACH, HOBART GEORGE (Private) Son of John and Freda Biel Beach; born September 11, 1896, New Albany, Ind. Farmer. Enlisted in Troop D, 1st Cavalry, Indiana National Guard, May 9, 1917, New Albany, Ind. Sent to Camp Shelby, Miss.; assigned to Replacement Draft. Went overseas June 12, 1918; assigned to Company H, 168th Infantry, 42nd (Rainbow) Division. Wounded in action July 29, 1918, and died August 17, 1918, in hospital near Paris, France. Buried in American Cemetery, Suresnes, Seine, France.
The Veterans of Foreign Wars Post in New Albany was named after him, as he was the second man from Floyd County to be killed in action during World War I. Hobart Beach Post 1693.
Researched by Laura J. Stewart.
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