Baseball in Wartime

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Those Who Died That Others Might Be Free

Fred Beal

Date and Place of Birth: 1921 Gaston County, North Carolina
Date and Place of Death: February 11, 1944 Camp White, Oregon
Baseball Experience: Minor League
Position: Pitcher
Rank: Private
Military Unit: US Army
Area Served: United States

Fred W Beal was born in Gaston County, North Carolina in 1921. The young pitcher's brief minor league career saw him hurl for the Mooresville Moors of the Class D North Carolina State League in 1941 where he was 5-5 with a 4.60 ERA. In 1942 he was 9-11 with Mooresville and 2-3 with the Sanford Seminoles of the Class D Florida State League before entering service on October 24, 1942.

Private White, who was married by the time he entered military service, served with the US Army at Camp White in Oregon. He died at the 79th General Hospital at Camp White while stationed there on February 11, 1944.

Added October 23, 2006. Updated January 23, 2008.

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