THE WALL OF FACES

SSG Harold A. Beaverson Jr. was a radio equipment repairer assigned to a communications platoon serving with Headquarters & Headquarters Company (HHC), 4th Battalion, 503rd Infantry, 173rd Airborne Brigade. Prior to the Brigade’s deployment to the Central Highlands in June 1967, the 173rd had been operating near Bien Hoa Air Base, sixteen miles northeast of Saigon in Bien Hoa Province, RVN. On May 31, 1967, Beaverson was fatally injured in a traffic accident when the motorcycle he was riding collided with a military vehicle. He was 33 years old. Beaverson was a Korean War veteran with fourteen years of military service, his first three with the Marines. He was in his second tour of Vietnam when he passed. [Taken from coffeltdatabase.org and “Soldier Killed in Vietnam Accident.” The Leaf-Chronicle (Clarksville, TN), June 7, 1967, courtesy of Jason Camp, Public-Services Supervisor, Clarksville-Montgomery County Public Library, Clarksville TN]

Thank you for your service to our country so long ago sir. That you served in both the Korean and Vietnam wars and served two tours in Vietnam attests to your devotion to our country. May you rest in eternal peace.

Staff Sergeant Harold Austin Beaverson Jr., Served with the Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 4th Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade, United States Army Vietnam.

The war may be forgotten but the warrior will always be remembered. All gave Some-Some gave All. Rest in peace Sky Soldier.

On behalf of those who served with you in the 173rd Airborne Brigade (Separate) and all who followed, we offer our respect and remembrance of your ultimate sacrifice. May you never be forgotten and your family and friends take comfort in your valor in servin