SGT Bobby Edward Beasley

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.

TSGT William Darden Rowell

Technical SGT William Darden "Bill" Rowell was born 26 Jul 1918 in Greensville County, Virginia to Thomas Joseph and Lucy Gary (Turner) Rowell.  William was federalized 3 Feb 1941 with his National Guard unit and served with M Company until the end of the war.

During their long time in England the 116th fielded a baseball team, the Yankees, on which William played.  He has a short biography at Baseball in Wartime.

He married Nellie Virginia Newsome of Franklin, Virginia on 28 Feb 1942.  They had one son.  William returned home in June 1945. Nellie and their second,infant child died 4 Jun 1946.  He did not remarry until 1965. 

TSGT Rowell died 1 Jul 2004 in Emporia Virginia and is buried in Greensville Memorial Cemetery in Emporia.