Oree C. Beck

	NAME Oree Charles Beck	NICKNAME —	SERVICE NUMBER 286138
	UNIT Marine Detachment USS Houston Cook	HOME OF RECORD Heidelberg, MS	NEXT OF KIN Parents, George & Inez Beck
	DATE OF BIRTH November 8, 1920 at Collins, MS	ENTERED SERVICE June 22, 1940 at New Orleans, LA	DATE OF LOSS March 1, 1942
	REGION Java Sea	CAMPAIGN / AREA Sunda Strait	CASUALTY TYPE Missing In Action Declared Dead December 15, 1945
CIRCUMSTANCES OF LOSS Assistant Cook Oree C. Beck was a member of the Marine detachment aboard the cruiser USS Houston. He was last seen aboard his ship on 1 March 1942, when she was sunk in the battle of Sunda Strait. Beck’s body was never found, and he was officially declared dead on 15 December 1945.
INDIVIDUAL DECORATIONS Purple Heart	LAST KNOWN RANK Assistant Cook	STATUS OF REMAINS Lost at sea	MEMORIALS Manila American Cemetery

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