PRINTER'S NO. 388
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE RESOLUTION
No.
41
Session of
2021
INTRODUCED BY STEFANO AND LANGERHOLC, MARCH 11, 2021
REFERRED TO RULES AND EXECUTIVE NOMINATIONS, MARCH 11, 2021
A RESOLUTION
Honoring the life and accomplishments of 1st Class Petty Officer
Harry Milton Beal and expressing condolences on his passing.
WHEREAS, First Class Petty Officer Harry Milton Beal died
Tuesday, January 26, 2021, at the age of 90; and
WHEREAS, He was born on August 16, 1930, in Meyersdale,
Pennsylvania; and
WHEREAS, Petty Officer Beal entered the United States Navy in
1948 as a gunner's mate aboard the Shenandoah, Tarawa; and
WHEREAS, Petty Officer Beal was one of the first sailors to
volunteer for a modern-era Navy SEAL team; and
WHEREAS, In 1955, Petty Officer Beal became part of
underwater demolition team 21 and 22, and in 1962, Petty Officer
Beal became plank owner of SEAL team 2; and
WHEREAS, Petty Officer Beal was a SEAL instructor and his
specialty was in underwater demolition; and
WHEREAS, During his career as a special operator in the
United States Navy, Petty Officer Beal was part of a team that
retrieved astronaut John Glenn after his space capsule touched
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down in the ocean following the Mercury-Atlas 6 space mission in
February 1962; and
WHEREAS, Petty Officer Beal retired from the United States
Navy in 1968 after 20 years of service to the country; and
WHEREAS, In February 2020, the Pennsylvania legislature
honored Petty Officer Beal by naming a bridge in his native
Meyersdale after him; and
WHEREAS, Petty Officer Beal was a member of Hostetler Church
of the Brethren Meyersdale and enjoyed deer hunting and biking
on the Greater Allegheny Passage; therefore be it
RESOLVED, That the Senate honor the life and accomplishments
of 1st Class Petty Officer Harry Milton Beal and express
condolences on his passing.
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