Joseph Daniel Beczek was one of eight Navy crew men who died at the end of the Korean Conflict.
The men who were in Patrol Squadron (VP-7) had completed their duty in the western Pacific and were headed home. Their plane a P2V-5 Neptune crashed after missing a landing approach at NAS Barbers Point, Hawaii on the island of Oahu on 22 Jan 1954. The entire crew perished in the crash.
According to records, Joseph D Beczek enlisted 23 Sep 1948. Like so many young men who have served our country, he died young.
Crew members on the plane:
Find A Grave memorial numbers:
Joseph Daniel Beczek AD2 # 125055909
Richard Newton Brown AT3 # 102433863
Wilbur Duvall Cooper Ensign # 27006309
Walter J Hanzo LT.(jg)# 2982209
Gerald Martin Hazlett Ensign # 124937659
Paul Martin Koehler AM2 # 67478519
Michael Joseph Maksymon AT2 # 124897523
Robert John Staples ADC # 115308566
The men who were in Patrol Squadron (VP-7) had completed their duty in the western Pacific and were headed home. Their plane a P2V-5 Neptune crashed after missing a landing approach at NAS Barbers Point, Hawaii on the island of Oahu on 22 Jan 1954. The entire crew perished in the crash.
According to records, Joseph D Beczek enlisted 23 Sep 1948. Like so many young men who have served our country, he died young.
Crew members on the plane:
Find A Grave memorial numbers:
Joseph Daniel Beczek AD2 # 125055909
Richard Newton Brown AT3 # 102433863
Wilbur Duvall Cooper Ensign # 27006309
Walter J Hanzo LT.(jg)# 2982209
Gerald Martin Hazlett Ensign # 124937659
Paul Martin Koehler AM2 # 67478519
Michael Joseph Maksymon AT2 # 124897523
Robert John Staples ADC # 115308566
Joseph Daniel Beczek was one of eight Navy crew men who died at the end of the Korean Conflict.
The men who were in Patrol Squadron (VP-7) had completed their duty in the western Pacific and were headed home. Their plane a P2V-5 Neptune crashed after missing a landing approach at NAS Barbers Point, Hawaii on the island of Oahu on 22 Jan 1954. The entire crew perished in the crash.
According to records, Joseph D Beczek enlisted 23 Sep 1948. Like so many young men who have served our country, he died young.
Crew members on the plane:
Find A Grave memorial numbers:
Joseph Daniel Beczek AD2 # 125055909
Richard Newton Brown AT3 # 102433863
Wilbur Duvall Cooper Ensign # 27006309
Walter J Hanzo LT.(jg)# 2982209
Gerald Martin Hazlett Ensign # 124937659
Paul Martin Koehler AM2 # 67478519
Michael Joseph Maksymon AT2 # 124897523
Robert John Staples ADC # 115308566
The men who were in Patrol Squadron (VP-7) had completed their duty in the western Pacific and were headed home. Their plane a P2V-5 Neptune crashed after missing a landing approach at NAS Barbers Point, Hawaii on the island of Oahu on 22 Jan 1954. The entire crew perished in the crash.
According to records, Joseph D Beczek enlisted 23 Sep 1948. Like so many young men who have served our country, he died young.
Crew members on the plane:
Find A Grave memorial numbers:
Joseph Daniel Beczek AD2 # 125055909
Richard Newton Brown AT3 # 102433863
Wilbur Duvall Cooper Ensign # 27006309
Walter J Hanzo LT.(jg)# 2982209
Gerald Martin Hazlett Ensign # 124937659
Paul Martin Koehler AM2 # 67478519
Michael Joseph Maksymon AT2 # 124897523
Robert John Staples ADC # 115308566
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