Beverly Richardson Harris

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      Sex: F

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Individual Information

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     Birth Date: 4 Mar 1917 - 2211 Burdette, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA
    Christening: 29 Apr 1917 - Christ Church Cathedral, New Orleans, LA
          Death: 23 Aug 1997 - New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA
         Burial: 30 Aug 1997 - #22 Palm Greenwood Cemetery, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA
 Cause of Death: 
Find A Grave ID: 89941753

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Parents

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         Father: Earle Palmer Harris {FGID: 99600118}
         Mother: Ethlyn Johnson Richardson

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Spouses and Children

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1. *Dibert Edward Pitre {FGID: 89941756}
       Marriage: Monday July 8 1946 - St Andrews Episcopal Church, New Orleans, LA

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Notes

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General:

Per Findagrave
Beverly Richardson Harris Pitre
BIRTH4 Mar 1917 New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, USA
DEATH23 Aug 1997 (aged 80) New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, USA
BURIALGreenwood Cemetery New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, USA
PLOT22 Palm Venus Osier
MEMORIAL ID89941753

Gravesite Details
Age, Name on Plot, Date of Burial 8/30/1997, Ref: Cemetery Records

Spouse
Dibert Edward Pitre 1916\endash 1980 (m. 1946)

Per S/S death Index
BEVERLY H PITRE
Born 04 Mar 1917 Died 24 Aug 1997 (V)
Last Residence 70127 (New Orleans, Orleans, LA)
Social Security # 434-03-7869Issued in Louisiana

1920 US Census:
4804 Camp Street, New Orleans, LA (Rental) Head of household is E. P. Harris, 25 year old white male, employed a salesman (next word illegible). His wife, E. is 23. Daughter, Beverly, is 3. Son, L. R. is 1 year 4 months old.

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/pitretrail/myline/maternal/epharris.htm lists
b: 4 March 1917 at 2211 Burdette St., New Orleans, LA; d: 23 August 1997 in New Orleans, LA; burial Greenwood Cem. (#22 Palm), New Orleans

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/pitretrail/myline/paternal/depitre.htm lists
Notes for Beverly Richardson Harris:
[From unknown service magazine, p. 360 -
Beverly R. Harris, Sergeant, WAC: Daughter of Mrs. E. Leonhard, 7911 Birch St., New Orleans. She was born March 4, 1917, and attended Robert E. Lee, McMain High, and Allen Commercial Schools and was a clerk and stenographer with an airline at New Orleans Airport prior to induction Oct. 17, 1943. Assigned to Santa Ana Air Base in California, she served as code instructor for Pilot Radio School until going overseas May 30, 1944. Sergeant Harris served in England, France, and Belgium as radio (CW) operator with Ninth Bomber Command Headquarters. She has battle stars for the Invasion of Normandy, the Campaign of Northern France, the Ardennes Forest Defensive, the Rhineland, and Central Europe. She also has the European-African-Middle Eastern Theater of Operations Ribbon, the WAC Service Medal, and the Good Conduct Medal. Sergeant Harris received her discharge with a certificate of honorable service Aug. 29, 1945, at Fort Bragg, N.C.

Army of the United States, Honorable Discharge: This is to certify that Beverly R. Harris A 801 047 Sergeant WAC Detachment Headquarters Squadron 9th Air Division Army of the United States is hereby honorably discharged from the military service of the United States of America. This certificate is awarded as a testimonial of honest and faithful service to this country. Given at Separation Center Fort Bragg, North Carolina, 29 August 1945. (Brown hair, brown eyes, 5' 4 1/2", weight 126.5 lbs, clerk typist. Enlisted 7 September 1942, entry into active service 1 September 1943. Military occupational specialty: radio operator, low speed (776). Battles & campaigns: Normandy, Northern France, Rhineland, Ardennes, Central Europe. Decorations & citations: WAAC Service Medal W 600-66-43 13 Aug 43; EAMET campaign medal with 5 bronze service stars; good conduct medal AR 600-68 6 Mar 44. Continental service 9 months 3 days; foreign service 1 year 2 months 26 days (30 May 1944 - 25 August 1945.]


Housewife after the war.

U.S. National Archives and Records Administration www.archives.gov
February 13, 2005 Record Detail
File Unit Title: Electronic Army Serial Number Merged File, ca. 1938 - 1946
Data Table: ARMY SERIAL NUMBER ELECTRONIC FILE: MERGED Member of: Record Group 64: Records of the National Archives and Records Administration; Series: World War II Army Enlistment Records, 6/1/2002 - 9/30/2002

Column Title Value Meaning
ARMY SERIAL NUMBER A-801047
NAME HARRIS#BEVERLY#R########
RESIDENCE: STATE 88 LOUISIANA
RESIDENCE: COUNTY 071 ORLEANS
PLACE OF ENLISTMENT 8880 NEW ORLEANS LOUISIANA
DATE OF ENLISTMENT DAY 07
DATE OF ENLISTMENT MONTH 09
DATE OF ENLISTMENT YEAR 42
GRADE: ALPHA DESIGNATION AUX# Undefined Code
GRADE: CODE 9 Aviation Cadet
BRANCH: ALPHA DESIGNATION WAC Women's Army Corps
BRANCH: CODE 09 Inactive Reserve
FIELD USE AS DESIRED #
TERM OF ENLISTMENT 5 Enlistment for the duration of the War or other emergency, plus six months, subject to the discretion of the President or otherwise according to law
LONGEVITY ###
SOURCE OF ARMY PERSONNEL 0 Civil Life
NATIVITY 88 LOUISIANA
YEAR OF BIRTH 17
RACE AND CITIZENSHIP 1 White, citizen
EDUCATION 4 4 years of high school
CIVILIAN OCCUPATION 137 PROJECTIONIST, MOTION PICTURE or STENOGRAPHER or TELETYPEWRITER OPERATOR or TYPIST or COURT REPORTER or STENOTYPE OPERATOR or CLERK-TYPIST
MARITAL STATUS 6 Single, without dependents
COMPONENT OF THE ARMY 9 Women's Army Corps
CARD NUMBER #
BOX NUMBER 0016
FILM REEL NUMBER 1.16#

Marriage Notes (Dibert Edward Pitre)

Per newspaper clipping in Harris family bible:
"The marriage of Miss Beverly Richardson Harris, daughter of Mrs. Ethelyn Richardson Leonard, to Mr. Dibert Edward Pitre, United States Navy, son of Mrs. Cyril Pitre of Plaquemines, La., was quietly celebrated in New Orleans Monday, July 8, in St Andrew's Episcopal Church. The bride is a granddaughter of Mrs. Lew Johnson Richardson of this city."

Per New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S., Marriage Records Index, 1831-1964
Name:Dibert Edward Pitre
Gender:Male
Marriage Date:Jul 1946
Marriage Place:New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Spouse:Beverly Richardson Harris
Gender: Female