Name:
Eugene Beckner
Rank:
Technician 4th Class
Serial Number:
37300492
Unit:
509th Parachute Infantry Battalion
Date of Death:
1944-08-15
State:
Minnesota
Cemetery:
Rhone American Cemetery, Draguignan, France
Plot:
Tablets of the Missing
Row:
Grave:
Decoration:
Silver Star, Bronze Star, Purple Heart
Comments:
Jumped from a C-47 into the waters of the Gulf of St Tropez during the invasion on 15 August 1944 and was never found.