The Korean War Veterans Honor Roll
Robert J. Beachy
Rank
Private First Class, U.S. Army
Date of Death
November 14, 1952
Private First Class Beachy was member of the 3rd Signal Company, 3rd Infantry Division. On November 14, 1952, he was a passenger aboard a C-119C, "Flying Boxcar" from the 63rd Troop Carrier Squadron, 403rd Troop Carrier Group enroute from Ashiya Air Base, Japan to Seoul, Korea when it crashed into Hill 683 near Cho-ok and about 15 miles east of Airfield K-19, killing all 44 servicemen on board.