Name:
John E. Beck
Rank:
Staff Sergeant
Serial Number:
39538187
Unit:
777th Bomber Squadron, 464th Bomb Group
Date of Death:
1944-05-25
State:
California
Cemetery:
Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery, Lemay, St. Louis County, Missouri, USA
Plot:
82
Row:
Grave:
133-135
Decoration:
Comments:
From Pomona, California. Machine Gunner the B-24 Liberator 41-29382 “Lucky Lady” which took off from de Giola del Colle in Italy on a mission to bomb the railroad lines in Givors, France. Shot down by flak and fighters at 1355. Four crew members were able to escape the flaming airplane but none survived. Beck is buried in a group grave with five members of the crew in Missouri.