Rodric Charles Beckham
MilitaryShot down 6 September 1943 in B-17 #42-30203 'Shack-Up'. Prisoner of War (POW).
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- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 388th Bomb Group 560th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 19017700 / O-740947
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 388th Bomb Group 560th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 13057178 / O-670175
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 388th Bomb Group 560th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 17047207
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
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Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
27 November 1914 | Chandler, Arizona, United States | |
Enlisted |
15 April 1942 | in Los Angeles, California | |
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
6 September 1943 | Interned at Stalag 9C in Bad Sulza, Saxe-Weimar, and Stalag XVIIB in Austria. NARA WWII POW records : "Returned to Military Control 12 July 1945." | |
Died |
21 June 2008 | ||
Born |
Modesto, Stanislaus County, California | ||
Buried |
Greenwood Memorial Park, San Diego, California |
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Contributorgeneral ira snapsorter
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Corrected first name - https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/41191352/rodric-charles-beckham
ContributorED-BB
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Corrected last name : BECKHAM instead of Beckman...
MACR 3126
WWII Draft cards
NARA WWII Enlistment records
NARA WWII POW records
ContributorAAM
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3126 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database