Son of Percy Troxell & Grace Marie [Bagwell] Beery
WWII US Army Air Forces Veteran
Served with the 820th MAES, Philippines
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New Article - March 1945
Cpl. Delbert Beery, medical corps attendant on a hospital plane used to evacuate wounded, is missing in action. His plane went down over Luzon.
(Servia, Indiana 1834-2011, compiled by Gladys Airgood, p245)
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DELBERT BEERY, 22, son of Mrs. Grace Beery, near North Manchester, was killed in a plane crash on Leyte March 10, 1945, while helping to evacuate wounded by air, a task for which he volunteered. He served as a clerk but asked to fly to emergencies so that patients would have needed care. Cpt. Beery was first reported missing in action. He entered service Feb. 24, 1943 and went overseas in Feb. 1944, serving in New Guinea and the Philippine Islands.
("In Memoriam", published by the Thomas Stineman Post No. 14 of the American Legion, Wabash, Indiana)
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T/3 DELBERTV. BEERY - Med. technician, serving with the 820th MAES in the Philippines, was killed in action 3 March 1 945, when the air evacuation plane in which he and Martha Black were flying, struck a mountain. He was trained and advanced to technician after arriving in the Philippines and was a valued addition to the Sqdn...
2ND LT. MARTHA F. BLACK - Flight nurse killed in action 10 Mar. 1945, was assigned to th e 820th M AES in the Pacific.
Was on an air evac mission with T/3 Delbert V. Berry and a plane load of patients when the plane crashed during a storm. Plane was later found on a mountain in the Philippines.
(The Story of Air Evacuation 1942-1989, by The World War II Flight Nurses Association 1989)
WWII US Army Air Forces Veteran
Served with the 820th MAES, Philippines
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New Article - March 1945
Cpl. Delbert Beery, medical corps attendant on a hospital plane used to evacuate wounded, is missing in action. His plane went down over Luzon.
(Servia, Indiana 1834-2011, compiled by Gladys Airgood, p245)
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DELBERT BEERY, 22, son of Mrs. Grace Beery, near North Manchester, was killed in a plane crash on Leyte March 10, 1945, while helping to evacuate wounded by air, a task for which he volunteered. He served as a clerk but asked to fly to emergencies so that patients would have needed care. Cpt. Beery was first reported missing in action. He entered service Feb. 24, 1943 and went overseas in Feb. 1944, serving in New Guinea and the Philippine Islands.
("In Memoriam", published by the Thomas Stineman Post No. 14 of the American Legion, Wabash, Indiana)
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T/3 DELBERTV. BEERY - Med. technician, serving with the 820th MAES in the Philippines, was killed in action 3 March 1 945, when the air evacuation plane in which he and Martha Black were flying, struck a mountain. He was trained and advanced to technician after arriving in the Philippines and was a valued addition to the Sqdn...
2ND LT. MARTHA F. BLACK - Flight nurse killed in action 10 Mar. 1945, was assigned to th e 820th M AES in the Pacific.
Was on an air evac mission with T/3 Delbert V. Berry and a plane load of patients when the plane crashed during a storm. Plane was later found on a mountain in the Philippines.
(The Story of Air Evacuation 1942-1989, by The World War II Flight Nurses Association 1989)
Son of Percy Troxell & Grace Marie [Bagwell] Beery
WWII US Army Air Forces Veteran
Served with the 820th MAES, Philippines
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New Article - March 1945
Cpl. Delbert Beery, medical corps attendant on a hospital plane used to evacuate wounded, is missing in action. His plane went down over Luzon.
(Servia, Indiana 1834-2011, compiled by Gladys Airgood, p245)
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DELBERT BEERY, 22, son of Mrs. Grace Beery, near North Manchester, was killed in a plane crash on Leyte March 10, 1945, while helping to evacuate wounded by air, a task for which he volunteered. He served as a clerk but asked to fly to emergencies so that patients would have needed care. Cpt. Beery was first reported missing in action. He entered service Feb. 24, 1943 and went overseas in Feb. 1944, serving in New Guinea and the Philippine Islands.
("In Memoriam", published by the Thomas Stineman Post No. 14 of the American Legion, Wabash, Indiana)
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T/3 DELBERTV. BEERY - Med. technician, serving with the 820th MAES in the Philippines, was killed in action 3 March 1 945, when the air evacuation plane in which he and Martha Black were flying, struck a mountain. He was trained and advanced to technician after arriving in the Philippines and was a valued addition to the Sqdn...
2ND LT. MARTHA F. BLACK - Flight nurse killed in action 10 Mar. 1945, was assigned to th e 820th M AES in the Pacific.
Was on an air evac mission with T/3 Delbert V. Berry and a plane load of patients when the plane crashed during a storm. Plane was later found on a mountain in the Philippines.
(The Story of Air Evacuation 1942-1989, by The World War II Flight Nurses Association 1989)
WWII US Army Air Forces Veteran
Served with the 820th MAES, Philippines
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New Article - March 1945
Cpl. Delbert Beery, medical corps attendant on a hospital plane used to evacuate wounded, is missing in action. His plane went down over Luzon.
(Servia, Indiana 1834-2011, compiled by Gladys Airgood, p245)
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DELBERT BEERY, 22, son of Mrs. Grace Beery, near North Manchester, was killed in a plane crash on Leyte March 10, 1945, while helping to evacuate wounded by air, a task for which he volunteered. He served as a clerk but asked to fly to emergencies so that patients would have needed care. Cpt. Beery was first reported missing in action. He entered service Feb. 24, 1943 and went overseas in Feb. 1944, serving in New Guinea and the Philippine Islands.
("In Memoriam", published by the Thomas Stineman Post No. 14 of the American Legion, Wabash, Indiana)
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T/3 DELBERTV. BEERY - Med. technician, serving with the 820th MAES in the Philippines, was killed in action 3 March 1 945, when the air evacuation plane in which he and Martha Black were flying, struck a mountain. He was trained and advanced to technician after arriving in the Philippines and was a valued addition to the Sqdn...
2ND LT. MARTHA F. BLACK - Flight nurse killed in action 10 Mar. 1945, was assigned to th e 820th M AES in the Pacific.
Was on an air evac mission with T/3 Delbert V. Berry and a plane load of patients when the plane crashed during a storm. Plane was later found on a mountain in the Philippines.
(The Story of Air Evacuation 1942-1989, by The World War II Flight Nurses Association 1989)
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Entered the service from Indiana.
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1930 United States Federal Census
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U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S., Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil, 1942-1949
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