Beckwith Donald Alva

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Donald Alva Beckwith is honored on the following 1 monument(s) in our database:

388th Bomb Group Memorial -RAF Knettishall Station 136

Name:

Donald Alva Beckwith

Rank:

Staff Sergeant

Serial Number:

35310570

Unit:

563rd Bomber Squadron, 388th Bomber Group, Heavy

Date of Death:

1943-09-06

State:

Michigan

Cemetery:

Crown Hill Cemetery and Mausoleum, Ohio

Plot:

Row:

Grave:

Decoration:

Air Medal, Purple Heart

Comments:

Donald Alva Beckwith was born on May 3, 1913 in Michigan. He was the son of Harry Hamilton Beckwith and Sallie Nourse Beckwith. Staff Sergeant Beckwith attended Cleveland Heights High School and was working for the Sherwin-Williams Co. when he enlisted in June 1942. He went overseas in July 1943 and had been based in England as an engineer-gunner aboard a Flying Fortress. He was killed in a bombing operation over Stuttgart, Germany on September 6, 1943. He is now buried in the Crown Hill Cemetery and Mausoleum, Twinsburg, Summit County, Ohio, USA.

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