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Larry Eugene Beckham
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Rank
Corporal, U.S. Army
Unit
C CO 19 INF 24 DIV
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Date of Death
February 24, 1951
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Corporal Beckham was a member of Company C, 1st Battalion, 19th Infantry Regiment, 24th Infantry Division. He was taken Prisoner of War while fighting the enemy in South Korea on July 16, 1950, forced to march to North Korea on the "Tiger Death March", and died at Hanjang-ni, North Korea on February 24, 1951. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial. |
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