Private, Inf., Co. E, 322nd Regt. 81st Div.; of Northampton County; son of J. R. and Mrs. Margaret Beale. Entered service May 25, 1918, at Potecasi, N.C. Sent to Camp Jackson, S. C. Transferred to Camp Sevier, S. C. Sailed for France Aug. 19, 1918. Fought at Meuse-Argonne. Transferred to U. S. Military Mission in Germany. Blood poison developed from cut in hand. Mustered out at Ft. McPherson, Ga., Nov. 21, 1919.