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Beilke, Max Junior, 1SG USA(Ret).
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Home Town Laurel, Md
Last Address Pipestone, Minnesota
Date of Passing Sep 11, 2001
Location of Interment Arlington National Cemetery (VLM) - Arlington, Virginia
Max Beilke was serving as the Deputy Chief of Retirement Services Division, of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Personnel. He was in a meeting with LTG Timothy Maude and LTC Gary Smith when the hijacked plane crashed into the Pentagon. Max died instantly.
Max J. Beilke
Max J. Beilke, a retired U.S. Army Master Sergeant and resident of North Laurel, died Sept. 11 in the terrorist attack on the Pentagon, where he was employed by the Department of the Army. He was 69.
Mr. Beilke was born July 24, 1932, in Pipestone, Minn., to the late Max and Florence Beilke. He earned masters degrees from the University of Maryland and University of Michigan.
He served in the U.S. Army for 22 years and was officially the last American combat soldier out of Vietnam. He was a member of Columbia Presbyterian Church.
He was survived by his wife, Lisa Beilke (now deceased); daughters, Sylvia Hess and Michelle Beilke; sisters, Mildred Johnson, Doris Brunell and Carol Wachter, sisters Lucille and Maxine pre-deceased him); and three grandsons, Joseph, Luke, and Joshua.
Services will be held Dec. 11 at 1 p.m. at Fort Myer Chapel in Fort Myer, Va. Burial will be at Arlington National Cemetery with full military honors. A memorial service will be held Dec. 12 at 7:30 p.m. at Columbia Presbyterian Church. Arrangements were made by Donaldson Funeral Home.
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