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1LT Leroy Hess Beck

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1LT Leroy Hess Beck

Birth
Northampton, Northampton County, Pennsylvania, USA
Death
7 May 1944 (aged 22)
Niš, Nišavski okrug, Southern and Eastern, Serbia
Burial
Lemay, St. Louis County, Missouri, USA Add to Map
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Pilot with the 736th Bomb Squadron,
454th Bomb Group, 15th Air Force.

Shot down aboard B-24H Liberator #41-29436
over Yugoslavia returning from mission to the
marshalling yards in Bucharest, and went
down at Niš (Serbia).

Killed In Action were:

1st Lt. Everett B Moreland, Co-Pilot
TSgt. Harry E Boyer, Engineer
Sgt. William B Daley, Radio Operator
Sgt. Harold E Martin, Ball Turret Gunner
Sgt. John F Warnock, Nose Gunner

Staff Sergeant Samuel J Grieco, Tail Gunner, died from injuries on a later date. Three other crew members survived and were later returned to duty.
Pilot with the 736th Bomb Squadron,
454th Bomb Group, 15th Air Force.

Shot down aboard B-24H Liberator #41-29436
over Yugoslavia returning from mission to the
marshalling yards in Bucharest, and went
down at Niš (Serbia).

Killed In Action were:

1st Lt. Everett B Moreland, Co-Pilot
TSgt. Harry E Boyer, Engineer
Sgt. William B Daley, Radio Operator
Sgt. Harold E Martin, Ball Turret Gunner
Sgt. John F Warnock, Nose Gunner

Staff Sergeant Samuel J Grieco, Tail Gunner, died from injuries on a later date. Three other crew members survived and were later returned to duty.

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1LT, US ARMY AIR FORCES WORLD WAR II

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Entered the service from Pennsylvania

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  • Created by: ShaneO
  • Added: Oct 16, 2009
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/43174680/leroy_hess-beck: accessed ), memorial page for 1LT Leroy Hess Beck (4 Sep 1921–7 May 1944), Find a Grave Memorial ID 43174680, citing Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery, Lemay, St. Louis County, Missouri, USA; Maintained by ShaneO (contributor 47009366).