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![Homer BEAVER, "D" Company ( source: find a grave )](https://image.jimcdn.com/app/cms/image/transf/none/path/sa1be1ec131e32af0/image/i7d3f2fd9df76dbee/version/1655983110/image.jpg)
Homer Charles BEAVER was born July 11th, 1923 in Dublin, Franklin County, Ohio.
In 1944, he is a Sergeant in the 517th Parachute Infantry Regiment, "D Company. In November, while Sospel is liberated after weeks of hard battles, they decided with his platoon to take a rest in a large nice looking empty house.
The Germans anticipated the americans would take up quarters there and rigged it with a time delayed device booby trapped. Five soldiers of the "D" Company will be killed that day ( Pvt John FOUTS, Pvt Alton ALLEN, Pfc Daniel Ogniewski, Pvt Walter VANDERPOOL), four are wounded and one (Floyd POLK) lost his leg.