SGT Bobby Edward Beasley was born 19 Feb 1968 in Clinton, North Carolina. His parents were Leon Sydney and Charity (McDaniel) Beasley. Bobby attended James Wood High School graduating in 1988. He married Juanita Virginia Basore in 2000.
SGT Beasley deployed as a member of Headquarters and Headquarters Company 3rd Battalion 1st Brigade 29th Infantry Division in 2004. He was killed by a roadside IED on 7 Aug 2004 in Ghazni, Afghanistan.
SGT Beasley was interred in Rosedale Cemetery in Martinsburg, West Virginia.
Bobby's great-great grandfather Ephraim Oxford Beasley served as a PVT in D Company 50th North Carolina Infantry (CSA) in the Civil War. Great-great grandfather Jesse Edwards also served in that war.