Name: John E. Beggs
Birth Date: 1929
Birth City: Emmet
State Registered:Iowa
Death Date: 30 Jul 1950
Death Country: Korea
Death Description: Killed in Action
War: Korean War
Title: Private First Class, U.S. Army
Rank: Private First Class
Service: U.S. Army
Service ID: 17262447
Notes: Private First Class Beggs was a member of Company G, 2nd Battalion, 7th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division. He was Killed in Action while fighting the enemy in South Korea on July 30, 1950.
Private First Class Beggs was awarded the Purple Heart, the Combat Infantryman's Badge, the Korean Service Medal, the United Nations Service Medal, the National Defense Service Medal, the Korean Presidential Unit Citation and the Republic of Korea War Service Medal.
Data Source: Korean War Veterans Honor Roll
"Sioux Cityan, 21, Killed in Korea"
"Pfc. Jack Begg, 21, son of Mrs. Vivian Karr, 1109 17th Street was killed in action in Korea, July 30 (1950) according to a telegram received by his mother from Edward F. Whitsel, Adjutant General of the Army.
"Young Begg is the first Sioux Cityan reported killed in the Korean war.
"Pfc. Begg entered army service in January, 1949, and received his basic training at Camp Chaffe, Ark. He left the United States for occupation duty in Japan in August, 1949.
"Mrs. Karr said the last letter she received from her son was written July 12 from Tokyo. She quoted him as writing that he was leaving in two days for “you know where.”
"Jack Begg was born June 13, 1929, in Sioux City. He attended Central High School here. His father, John Begg, was killed in an automobile accident in 1931.
"Survivors are the mother and two sisters, Mrs. Paul Hoeppner of Arnolds Park, Ia. and Ruth Begg of Sioux City."
News Article: Sioux City Journal
Birth Date: 1929
Birth City: Emmet
State Registered:Iowa
Death Date: 30 Jul 1950
Death Country: Korea
Death Description: Killed in Action
War: Korean War
Title: Private First Class, U.S. Army
Rank: Private First Class
Service: U.S. Army
Service ID: 17262447
Notes: Private First Class Beggs was a member of Company G, 2nd Battalion, 7th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division. He was Killed in Action while fighting the enemy in South Korea on July 30, 1950.
Private First Class Beggs was awarded the Purple Heart, the Combat Infantryman's Badge, the Korean Service Medal, the United Nations Service Medal, the National Defense Service Medal, the Korean Presidential Unit Citation and the Republic of Korea War Service Medal.
Data Source: Korean War Veterans Honor Roll
"Sioux Cityan, 21, Killed in Korea"
"Pfc. Jack Begg, 21, son of Mrs. Vivian Karr, 1109 17th Street was killed in action in Korea, July 30 (1950) according to a telegram received by his mother from Edward F. Whitsel, Adjutant General of the Army.
"Young Begg is the first Sioux Cityan reported killed in the Korean war.
"Pfc. Begg entered army service in January, 1949, and received his basic training at Camp Chaffe, Ark. He left the United States for occupation duty in Japan in August, 1949.
"Mrs. Karr said the last letter she received from her son was written July 12 from Tokyo. She quoted him as writing that he was leaving in two days for “you know where.”
"Jack Begg was born June 13, 1929, in Sioux City. He attended Central High School here. His father, John Begg, was killed in an automobile accident in 1931.
"Survivors are the mother and two sisters, Mrs. Paul Hoeppner of Arnolds Park, Ia. and Ruth Begg of Sioux City."
News Article: Sioux City Journal
Name: John E. Beggs
Birth Date: 1929
Birth City: Emmet
State Registered:Iowa
Death Date: 30 Jul 1950
Death Country: Korea
Death Description: Killed in Action
War: Korean War
Title: Private First Class, U.S. Army
Rank: Private First Class
Service: U.S. Army
Service ID: 17262447
Notes: Private First Class Beggs was a member of Company G, 2nd Battalion, 7th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division. He was Killed in Action while fighting the enemy in South Korea on July 30, 1950.
Private First Class Beggs was awarded the Purple Heart, the Combat Infantryman's Badge, the Korean Service Medal, the United Nations Service Medal, the National Defense Service Medal, the Korean Presidential Unit Citation and the Republic of Korea War Service Medal.
Data Source: Korean War Veterans Honor Roll
"Sioux Cityan, 21, Killed in Korea"
"Pfc. Jack Begg, 21, son of Mrs. Vivian Karr, 1109 17th Street was killed in action in Korea, July 30 (1950) according to a telegram received by his mother from Edward F. Whitsel, Adjutant General of the Army.
"Young Begg is the first Sioux Cityan reported killed in the Korean war.
"Pfc. Begg entered army service in January, 1949, and received his basic training at Camp Chaffe, Ark. He left the United States for occupation duty in Japan in August, 1949.
"Mrs. Karr said the last letter she received from her son was written July 12 from Tokyo. She quoted him as writing that he was leaving in two days for “you know where.”
"Jack Begg was born June 13, 1929, in Sioux City. He attended Central High School here. His father, John Begg, was killed in an automobile accident in 1931.
"Survivors are the mother and two sisters, Mrs. Paul Hoeppner of Arnolds Park, Ia. and Ruth Begg of Sioux City."
News Article: Sioux City Journal
Birth Date: 1929
Birth City: Emmet
State Registered:Iowa
Death Date: 30 Jul 1950
Death Country: Korea
Death Description: Killed in Action
War: Korean War
Title: Private First Class, U.S. Army
Rank: Private First Class
Service: U.S. Army
Service ID: 17262447
Notes: Private First Class Beggs was a member of Company G, 2nd Battalion, 7th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division. He was Killed in Action while fighting the enemy in South Korea on July 30, 1950.
Private First Class Beggs was awarded the Purple Heart, the Combat Infantryman's Badge, the Korean Service Medal, the United Nations Service Medal, the National Defense Service Medal, the Korean Presidential Unit Citation and the Republic of Korea War Service Medal.
Data Source: Korean War Veterans Honor Roll
"Sioux Cityan, 21, Killed in Korea"
"Pfc. Jack Begg, 21, son of Mrs. Vivian Karr, 1109 17th Street was killed in action in Korea, July 30 (1950) according to a telegram received by his mother from Edward F. Whitsel, Adjutant General of the Army.
"Young Begg is the first Sioux Cityan reported killed in the Korean war.
"Pfc. Begg entered army service in January, 1949, and received his basic training at Camp Chaffe, Ark. He left the United States for occupation duty in Japan in August, 1949.
"Mrs. Karr said the last letter she received from her son was written July 12 from Tokyo. She quoted him as writing that he was leaving in two days for “you know where.”
"Jack Begg was born June 13, 1929, in Sioux City. He attended Central High School here. His father, John Begg, was killed in an automobile accident in 1931.
"Survivors are the mother and two sisters, Mrs. Paul Hoeppner of Arnolds Park, Ia. and Ruth Begg of Sioux City."
News Article: Sioux City Journal
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