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Robert A. Beckett

NAME
Robert Andrew Beckett
NICKNAME
SERVICE NUMBER
284029
UNIT
Marine Detachment
USS Houston
HOME OF RECORD
Bruce, MS
NEXT OF KIN
Parents, Cullen & Martha Cook Beckett
DATE OF BIRTH
July 25, 1919
at Bruce, MS
ENTERED SERVICE
May 1, 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
PFC Robert A. Beckett 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.Beckett’s body was never found, and he was officially declared dead on 15 December 1945.
INDIVIDUAL DECORATIONS
Purple Heart
LAST KNOWN RANK
Private First Class
STATUS OF REMAINS
Lost at sea
MEMORIALS
Bruce Cemetery, Bruce, MS
Manila American Cemetery

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