James R. Beck

Korean War
Service #AF13317836
RankStaff Sergeant U.S. Air Force
Date of DeathDecember 20 1952
National Defense Service Medal
Staff Sergeant Beck was awarded the National Defense Service Medal.
Notes
Staff Sergeant Beck was a member of the 39th Search and Rescue Squadron, U.S. Air Force. On December 20, 1952, He was a passenger aboard a C-124 Globemaster transport departing Larson Air Force Base, Grant, Washington. The aircraft crashed on take off. Ninety personnel on board perished.