Hometown: Morristown, TN
Branch: U.S. Army 
Unit: Company K, 3rd Battalion, 398th Infantry Regiment, 100th Infantry Division
Military Honors: Purple Heart
Date of Sacrifice: January 2, 1945 - KIA near Bitche, France
Age: 18
Conflict: World War II, 1939-1945

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Sources
Details provided by Mr. Joe Beets, PVT Beets’s nephew
The Bristol News Bulletin, Jan. 15, 1945: Local Boys in Famed 398th Division
Morristown Gazette and Mail, Mar. 21, 1945: Awarded Combat Badge
Morristown Gazette and Mail, Aug. 27, 1945: Lt. Henry Paul Beets Expected Home
Fields of Honor Foundation: Memorial—Beets, Ray Kyle
U.S. Army Divisions: 398th Infantry Regiment
The George C. Marshall Foundation: History of the 398th Infantry Regiment in World War II
East Tennessee Veterans Memorial: Ray K. Beets
Burial Site: Find A Grave

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