Union County Veterans Remembrance Committee

Permanent Veteran Record

Darwin Elbert Beightler

BranchArmy
RankCaptain
Conflict / EraWorld War II
Years of Service1940 – 1946
Date of Birth11/25/1916
Date of Death05/28/2008
HometownLeesburg, OH
AwardsPurple Heart, Battle Star; Combat Infantry Badge
Burial LocationClaibourne Twp: Bethlehem (Claibourne Cemetery)
Monument PaverSection E
SourceVeteran form submitted by Linda Sergent; Honorable Discharge Certificate, Union Co. Recorder's Office, Vol. 15, p. 610; Letter of Discharge, Union Co. Recorder's Office, Vol.15, p. 611-612; | obituary, Marysville Journal-Tribune, 05/29/2008

Overseas service: Pacific Islands; Iwo Jima; New Caledonia; Okinawa. Church: Shiloh Chapel. School: Marysville High School. Wounded in action on Iwo Jima March 1945, link Battle of Iwo Jima; member of Company E. 166th Infantry, 37th Division, activated into federal service October 14, 1940; duty station Camp Shelby, Mississippi Pacific Islands, Iwo Jima link to historic Battle of Iwo Jima; New Caledonia, Okinawa; 10-11-2011 Honorable Discharge Certificate removed from file (privacy law) by ECarmany/mailed to Linda Sergent

Printed from the UCVRC Veterans Database · Courthouse Veterans Monument