Vincent Woodrow Beach
1917-2001
Top Photo shared by Vickie Graves Jones
from Fighting Men of Arkansas
1943 Military Yearbook
Nortre Dame, Indiana
Unit: U.S. Naval Reserve Midshipmen's School
Vincent Woodrow Beach was born November 22, 1917 in Greenwood, Sebastian Cc., Ar.
to Romulus Horatio & Elizabeth Florence Thames Beach. In 1947 he
married Virginia Grace Hereford in Cabell, West Virginia.
See his biography below to learn about his service in the US Navy with a rank of Lt.
Vincent Woodrow Beach passed away April 9, 2001 at Boulder, Boulder Co.,
Colorado. His burial was in Green Mountain Cemetery at Boulder.
from Find A Grave
by GravesScribe
Historian/Professor Emeritus of history (Modern Europe and France), University
of Colorado at Boulder-tenure was from 1951 to 1988. PhD, University of Illinois,
1950; Thesis-Charles X of France. Publications included: Charles X of France
(1950); The Fall of Charles X of France: A Case Study of Revolution (1961);
1825: The Decisive Year of Charles X's Reign (1967); and, Charles X of France:
His Life and Times (1971). Contributor to: Historical Dictionary on the French
Revolution, 1789-1815; Historical Dictionary of Napoleonic France, 1789-1815;
and, Historical Dictionary of the Restoration, 1814-1850. Recipient of the
University of Colorado Robert L. Stern's Award in 1987 for extraordinary service
and achievement. LT, U. S. Navy, World War II, from 1942 to 1946-served as a
gunnery officer and participated in the landings at Salerno, Anzio, and Normany
beach.
Biography shared by Vickie Graves Jones
from Fighting Men of Arkansas
April 5, 1954
Greeley Daily Tribune
Greenley, Colorado
February 20, 1961
Fort Collins Coloradoan
Fort Collins, Colorado
There are more newspaper articles about his works in history
April 20, 2001
Denver Post
Denver, Colorado
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