Westmoreland County PA Archives Obituaries.....BEATTY, Harry Stewart March 12, 1949
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Harry Beatty Killed in New Mexico City Saturday Morning
Commanding Officer Telegrams Family of Former Foundry Man 
- A Vandergrift corporal, stationed at Kirkland Field, N.M., 
was killed early Saturday morning in an automobile crash in 
Albuquerque, N.M. - Victim is Harry S. Beatty, 22, son of 
Mrs. And Mrs. Roscoe Beatty, of 130 Sumner Avenue, 
Vandergrift. His wife is the former Elsie Fryer, of 
Leechburg.
According to a telegram received by his wife from 
Col. Harold Gunn, of Albuquerque, Beatty was killed after 
midnight Saturday morning. No details were given nor were 
any available on how the accident occurred. Born in 
Vandergrift August 22, 1926, young Beatty and his parents 
moved to Mansfield, O., when he was but two years old. He 
attended high school there. Moves to Vandergrift - The 
Beattys moved back to Vandergrift in 1944 and Harry worked 
for a short time in United Engineering and Foundry Co., 
where his father is still employed. He enlisted in the army 
while still in Mansfield but was not called into active duty 
until they had moved to Vandergrift. He took several 
training courses in Seattle, Washington, on B-29 mechanics. 
When he was killed, he was attached to the 20030th Supply 
and Maintenance Squadron in Kirkland Field. He was to have 
been discharged April 2. He had been home just a month ago 
when he brought his wife home to stay until their unborn 
baby arrived sometime next month. Leaves Four Sisters - He 
was a member of First Methodist Church of Vandergrift. 
Besides his wife and parents, he leaves four sisters: Mrs. 
Cora Davis, of Vandergrift; Gladys and Mildred, both at 
home; and a brother Roscoe, Jr., also at home. His 
grandparents are Mr. And Mrs. S. M. Beatty, of Vandergrift; 
and Mr. And Mrs. Harry Dillinger, of Homer City. The body 
will be returned to Dunmire Funeral Home, Vandergrift. 
Funeral services will be announced later.
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Vandergrift Man's Death "Accidental" - A coroner's jury 
in Albuquerque, N.M. has determined the death of a 
Vandergrift soldier as "death by fracture in an automobile 
accident". The victim is Harry S. Beatty, of 130 Sumner 
Avenue, Vandergrift, who was killed early Saturday morning 
in Albuquerque. The accident occurred at the intersection 
of Miles and Arno Roads in the southeastern part of the 
city. Miles Road is the main highway to Kirkland Air Base, 
where Beatty was stationed. Captain Dick Allen, Kirkland 
public information officer, early this afternoon classified 
the accident as "unavoidable". "The drivers just didn't see 
each other," he said. Story and picture appears on page 
11."
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Article in unknown newspaper: Beatty's Body Will Arrive 
on Thursday - The body of Harry Beatty, 22, of Vandergrift, 
who was killed in an automobile accident Saturday in 
Albuquerque, New Mexico, will be returned to Vandergrift 
Thursday evening. The youth was killed in an automobile 
crash early Saturday at an intersection along Miles road, 
the highway leading to Kirkland Air Base where he was 
stationed. Friends will be received in the home of his 
parents, Mr. & Mrs. Roscoe Beatty, of 130 Sumner Avenue, 
Vandergrift, until 11 Saturday morning when the body will be 
moved to the Dunmire funeral home, 244 Franklin Avenue. 
Military services will be held there at 2:30 Saturday 
afternoon in charge of the Vandergrift post of the American 
Legion. Rev. Harry J. Headlee will officiate.
 
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