Flew P-51D as a part of the 358th Fighter Squadron, 355th Fighter Group.
Services Sunday For Capt. Beckman
The body of Capt. Jack M. Beckman, Burlington air force ace, will arrive in Burlington Thursday afternoon accompanied by a military escort. Services will be held Sunday at 2 p.m. in Prugh's chapel with Rev. Robert Hamill officiating. Burial, with military rites by the American Legion, will be in Aspen Grove cemetery. The son of Mr. and Mrs. David Lee Beckman, 1626 Dodge street, he had destroyed a number of German planes and had flown 99 missions over Germany as a fighter pilot. According to word to his parents, he was forced to parachute from his plane over Bavaria on March 1, 1945, and was killed by citizens after he reached the ground safely. He had been awarded the distinguished flying cross and air medal with a number of clusters for each. He enlisted in the Canadian air force in December 1941, later transferred to the American air force in October, 1943. Beckman was born Sept. 13, 1922 in Burlington, the son of David Lee and Eunice Walker Beckman. He was a member of Grace Methodist church, Burlington and a charter member of the American Eagle club, London, England. HIs parents and a daughter, Judith, survive. (Burlington Hawk-Eye Gazette, Burlington, IA, Thursday, May 26, 1949, p. 17, Col. 2-3)
Interred in Aspen Grove Cemetery 29 May 1949.
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U.S. Army Service No. (ASN): #O-2045225
Jack M. Beckman is listed under Finding Of Death in the 1946 Army and Army Air Forces Personnel Casualty List for Des Moines County, Iowa.
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***I would like to thank Jaap Vermeer Find A Grave ID for adding his photos to this memorial***
***I would like to thank Renae Find A Grave ID 46985364 for updating the death location information on this memorial***
Services Sunday For Capt. Beckman
The body of Capt. Jack M. Beckman, Burlington air force ace, will arrive in Burlington Thursday afternoon accompanied by a military escort. Services will be held Sunday at 2 p.m. in Prugh's chapel with Rev. Robert Hamill officiating. Burial, with military rites by the American Legion, will be in Aspen Grove cemetery. The son of Mr. and Mrs. David Lee Beckman, 1626 Dodge street, he had destroyed a number of German planes and had flown 99 missions over Germany as a fighter pilot. According to word to his parents, he was forced to parachute from his plane over Bavaria on March 1, 1945, and was killed by citizens after he reached the ground safely. He had been awarded the distinguished flying cross and air medal with a number of clusters for each. He enlisted in the Canadian air force in December 1941, later transferred to the American air force in October, 1943. Beckman was born Sept. 13, 1922 in Burlington, the son of David Lee and Eunice Walker Beckman. He was a member of Grace Methodist church, Burlington and a charter member of the American Eagle club, London, England. HIs parents and a daughter, Judith, survive. (Burlington Hawk-Eye Gazette, Burlington, IA, Thursday, May 26, 1949, p. 17, Col. 2-3)
Interred in Aspen Grove Cemetery 29 May 1949.
**************************************************************
U.S. Army Service No. (ASN): #O-2045225
Jack M. Beckman is listed under Finding Of Death in the 1946 Army and Army Air Forces Personnel Casualty List for Des Moines County, Iowa.
***I would like to thank mokennehan Find A Grave ID 47119719 for creating this memorial and adding the obituary to it***
***I would like to thank Judy Jackson Find A Grave ID 48754401 for adding her photo of Jack and his gravesite photo to this memorial***
***I would like to thank pjfrench Find A Grave ID 47453952 for adding their gravesite photo to this memorial***
***I would like to thank Jaap Vermeer Find A Grave ID for adding his photos to this memorial***
***I would like to thank Renae Find A Grave ID 46985364 for updating the death location information on this memorial***
Flew P-51D as a part of the 358th Fighter Squadron, 355th Fighter Group.
Services Sunday For Capt. Beckman
The body of Capt. Jack M. Beckman, Burlington air force ace, will arrive in Burlington Thursday afternoon accompanied by a military escort. Services will be held Sunday at 2 p.m. in Prugh's chapel with Rev. Robert Hamill officiating. Burial, with military rites by the American Legion, will be in Aspen Grove cemetery. The son of Mr. and Mrs. David Lee Beckman, 1626 Dodge street, he had destroyed a number of German planes and had flown 99 missions over Germany as a fighter pilot. According to word to his parents, he was forced to parachute from his plane over Bavaria on March 1, 1945, and was killed by citizens after he reached the ground safely. He had been awarded the distinguished flying cross and air medal with a number of clusters for each. He enlisted in the Canadian air force in December 1941, later transferred to the American air force in October, 1943. Beckman was born Sept. 13, 1922 in Burlington, the son of David Lee and Eunice Walker Beckman. He was a member of Grace Methodist church, Burlington and a charter member of the American Eagle club, London, England. HIs parents and a daughter, Judith, survive. (Burlington Hawk-Eye Gazette, Burlington, IA, Thursday, May 26, 1949, p. 17, Col. 2-3)
Interred in Aspen Grove Cemetery 29 May 1949.
**************************************************************
U.S. Army Service No. (ASN): #O-2045225
Jack M. Beckman is listed under Finding Of Death in the 1946 Army and Army Air Forces Personnel Casualty List for Des Moines County, Iowa.
***I would like to thank mokennehan Find A Grave ID 47119719 for creating this memorial and adding the obituary to it***
***I would like to thank Judy Jackson Find A Grave ID 48754401 for adding her photo of Jack and his gravesite photo to this memorial***
***I would like to thank pjfrench Find A Grave ID 47453952 for adding their gravesite photo to this memorial***
***I would like to thank Jaap Vermeer Find A Grave ID for adding his photos to this memorial***
***I would like to thank Renae Find A Grave ID 46985364 for updating the death location information on this memorial***
Services Sunday For Capt. Beckman
The body of Capt. Jack M. Beckman, Burlington air force ace, will arrive in Burlington Thursday afternoon accompanied by a military escort. Services will be held Sunday at 2 p.m. in Prugh's chapel with Rev. Robert Hamill officiating. Burial, with military rites by the American Legion, will be in Aspen Grove cemetery. The son of Mr. and Mrs. David Lee Beckman, 1626 Dodge street, he had destroyed a number of German planes and had flown 99 missions over Germany as a fighter pilot. According to word to his parents, he was forced to parachute from his plane over Bavaria on March 1, 1945, and was killed by citizens after he reached the ground safely. He had been awarded the distinguished flying cross and air medal with a number of clusters for each. He enlisted in the Canadian air force in December 1941, later transferred to the American air force in October, 1943. Beckman was born Sept. 13, 1922 in Burlington, the son of David Lee and Eunice Walker Beckman. He was a member of Grace Methodist church, Burlington and a charter member of the American Eagle club, London, England. HIs parents and a daughter, Judith, survive. (Burlington Hawk-Eye Gazette, Burlington, IA, Thursday, May 26, 1949, p. 17, Col. 2-3)
Interred in Aspen Grove Cemetery 29 May 1949.
**************************************************************
U.S. Army Service No. (ASN): #O-2045225
Jack M. Beckman is listed under Finding Of Death in the 1946 Army and Army Air Forces Personnel Casualty List for Des Moines County, Iowa.
***I would like to thank mokennehan Find A Grave ID 47119719 for creating this memorial and adding the obituary to it***
***I would like to thank Judy Jackson Find A Grave ID 48754401 for adding her photo of Jack and his gravesite photo to this memorial***
***I would like to thank pjfrench Find A Grave ID 47453952 for adding their gravesite photo to this memorial***
***I would like to thank Jaap Vermeer Find A Grave ID for adding his photos to this memorial***
***I would like to thank Renae Find A Grave ID 46985364 for updating the death location information on this memorial***
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JACK M BECKMAN
IOWA
CAPTAIN 358 AAF FIGHTER SQ
WORLD WAR II
SEPT 13 1922 - MARCH 1 1945
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