Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Beale, SFC Mills III, 1969 

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SGT. 1ST CLASS MILLS BEALE III 

FRANKLIN SERGEANT DIES IN VIETNAM

   Sergeant First Class Mills Beale III, 33, was killed in an ambush May 11 
while on combat duty with the U.S. Army in Vietnam.

   Beale, a native of Franklin and a 1956 graduate of Franklin High School, 
was to have completed his second tour in Vietnam this June.  He served his 
first combat tour from August 1965 - August 1966.  His present tour began 
June 1968.

   Beale was serving with the Army’s 386th Aviation Support Detachment, First 
Aviation Brigade.

   The sergeant’s widow Barbara, resides near Black Creek with their son 
Kenneth Wayne.  Beale’s mother, Mrs. Margaret Beale Alexander lives in San 
Diego, Calif.

   His father is the late Mills Beale Sr. of Franklin.  A brother, Irvin D. 
Beale, now makes his home in Franklin.

   Beale was employed at Thornton Livesay Furniture Co. before making a career 
of the service.

   He had been in the Army nearly 9½ years.

   Funeral arrangements were incomplete Friday.

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SGT. 1/C MILLS BEALE III 

   A funeral service for Army Sgt. 1/C Mills Beale III, who was killed in 
Vietnam May 11 was conducted Sunday at 2 p.m. in W.J.M. Holland & Son Funeral 
Home by the Rev. C.L. Gatling and the Rev. David Beale.  Burial with full 
military honors was in Southampton Memorial Park with military escorts.

   A native of Franklin and a 1956 graduate of Franklin High School, he was to 
have completed his second tour in Vietnam in June.  He served his first combat 
tour from August 1965 - August 1966.  His present tour began June 1968.

   Beale was serving with the Army’s 368th Aviation Support Detachment, First 
Aviation Brigade.

   The sergeant’s widow, Barbara, resides near Black Creek with their son 
Kenneth Wayne.  Beale’s mother, Mrs. Margaret Beale Alexander lives in San 
Diego, Calif.

   His father is the late Mills Beale Sr. of Franklin.  A brother, Irvin D. 
Beale, now makes his home in Franklin.

   Beale was employed at Thornton Livesay Furniture Co. before making a career 
of the service.

   He had been in the Army nearly 9½ years.


Sergeant First Class Mills BEALE, III, U.S. Army, 
Franklin native, KIA 11 May 1969, Vietnam, age 33, 
interred in Southampton Memorial Park (Devotion II, Plot 67*), 25 May 1969, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), May 19, 1969, p. 1; 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), May 29, 1969, p. 7 

*Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Southampton Memorial Park list: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/somempk.txt 

His brother, father and paternal grandparents are buried in Poplar Spring 
   Cemetery, Franklin - Annex 2, Plot 23. 
   SCHS Cemetery Project, Poplar Spring list: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/psanx2.txt 

His father's obit ("Tidewater News," Mar. 28, 1957), 
   with links his parents' obits appended, is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/b400m2ob.txt 


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Mrs. Bruce Saunders (bs4403@verizon.net), 
and re-formatted by File Manager Matt Harris. 

file at: 
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