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NAME Robert Andrew Beckett |
NICKNAME — |
SERVICE NUMBER 284029 |
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| UNIT Marine Detachment USS Houston |
HOME OF RECORD Bruce, MS |
NEXT OF KIN Parents, Cullen & Martha Cook Beckett |
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| DATE OF BIRTH July 25, 1919 at Bruce, MS |
ENTERED SERVICE May 1, 1940 at New Orleans, LA |
DATE OF LOSS March 1, 1942 |
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| REGION Java Sea |
CAMPAIGN / AREA Sunda Strait |
CASUALTY TYPE Missing In Action Declared Dead December 15, 1945 |
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| 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. |
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| 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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