45th ID Shoulder Patch 180th IR DUIBeecher Finley SeegravesFifth Army Shoulder
            PatchService Command Shoulder Patch

Shoulder Patches LEFT to RIGHT: 45th Infantry Division Shoulder Patch, 180th Infantry Regiment Distinctive Unit Insignia, Fifth Army and Army Service Command Shoulder Patches
Beecher
            Seegraves
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Company H (Heavy Weapons), 180th Infantry Regiment, 45th Infantry Division
June 1, 1943 - November, 1944
Fifth Army, Army Service Command
November 1944 -1945

March 22, 1925 - January 30, 2023

Campaigns

Naples-Foggia, Anzio, Rome-Arno, Southern France with Assault Landing, and Rhineland.

Awards

Good Conduct Medal, European Middle East African Medal Combat Infantryman Badge, Victory, Medal Bronze Star, Meritorious Unit Commendation, French Legion of Honor (awarded in 2020 to him while he was alive alive for having served in the ground forces in the Southern France Campaign)

Chronology:

1925:

March 22: Born

1943
March 22: Registered for the draft. Click on image for Draft Registration card:Draft Card

1944


October and November: Hospitalized and returned to duty in Italy in the Army Service Command, Fifth Army. Click on image for hospital recordsHospitalization

1945

Nice, France: Click on image for Nice photosNice

The Rest of His Life

Undated

Judy Erwin Branham
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With Judy Erwin Branham, daughter of the late Jack Erwin, Co. C, 180th IR

2017
Biography included in Just A Boy Like Me: Tennessee boys of the 3rd and 45th Divisions in World War II by Ray McCoy Book Cover

Undated

Beecher Seegrave Veteran’s Memorial Park, Crossville, Tennessee

Click for park photosPark

2020

Awarded the French Legion of Honor for having served in the ground forces in the Southern France Campaign and awarded the Bronze Star.
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              of Honor Medal

2023

January 30: Passed away

Obituary
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