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Surnames: Beuoy
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Lester E. Bueoy of Eaton, Indiana was killed January 15, 1945, during the invasion of
Luzon Island in the Philippines in the Southwest Pacific during World War II. He is buried
at the Manila American Cemetery in the Philippines. Please help us find his family.
Although Lester was from Eaton any family members could be residing near Blackford County.
Please check your telephone directory for the Beuoy family and bring joy to the family
today.
Hello, I am a retired American veteran residing in the Philippines with my Filipino wife.
Nearly two years ago we visited the memorial as visitors but came home with a mission in
our hearts. As we gazed over the beautifully manicured acres and the 17,202 American
graves, it was obvious only a few families had ever visited their graves.
I stepped into the soft grass and focused my camera on one of the white crosses, a grave
of an Ohio soldier. A strange calmness was in the air as I walked a few more steps and a
cross of an Indiana soldier lay square in my path. The letters of the inscription on the
marker was bolder than ever, here lay a soldier from my home state.
At that moment a quiet brainstorm aroused my humble thoughts. I wondered if I could locate
any of the families of these men. My stride became more defined and within a few moments I
had located and photographed eight more graves.
Since those gut-wrenching but touching moments we have energized our efforts in finding
the families of these American men from Indiana. We have located well over 100 and have
delivered the FREE photographs to them via email.
Please visit our website and see the men we have honored and the families we have assisted
in finding a more genuine closure of a horrible tragedy.
http://fizkid.tripod.com/
Our success in finding the families was the result of journalists, amateur genealogists,
historians, historical societies, librarians and lots of wonderful Hoosiers and those with
Indiana ties across America.
During our search we have also reached families from other states as well and have filled
special requests for photos from the Manila American Cemetery. We presently have
photographed only the graves of the Indiana soldiers, sailors, marines and airmen; however
we have photographed all of the names that are engraved on the "Tablets of the
Missing". We offer them free of charge to anyone who asks.
We ask for your help in finding their families. We understand this is a genealogy board
but we do not need immediate genealogy in that form, we need leads to find the families.
Sometimes just a simple search in a local telephone directory finds families still in the
area. This small deed could bring long-waited joy to the families of the Indiana men.
Please become one of our special volunteers today and find the family of an Indiana
serviceman from near your home. A list of the men from your Indiana county is available,
free and all you must do is request it.
Lester E. Beuoy
Private First Class
United States Army
63rd Infantry Regiment, 6th Infantry Division
Eaton - Delaware County – Indiana
Service Number 35364003
DOD - January 15, 1945
Buried Manila American Cemetery
Plot D Row 9 Grave 203
Lester Earl Beuoy, 23, son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Beuoy, was born in Matthews, Indiana in
1922 and moved with his parents to Eaton in 1925. He attended the Eaton High School and
was graduated in the class of 1939. After graduation he worked at the Eaton Canning
Company and was employed at the Lowery Garage at the time he was inducted into the army
August 19, 1942. He received his training at Fort Leonard Wood Camp in Missouri, San Luis
Obispo, California, and took desert maneuvers at Yuma, Arizona. He was sent overseas in
August 1943, and landed in Hawaii. He was moved to New Guinea in 1944. In January he was
part of the American invasion of the Philippines in MacArthur’s return to the islands to
liberate them from the Japanese occupation and three horrible years of atrocities.
Dave and Apple Dwiggins
San Pablo City, Philippines