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J. D. Becker
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Rank
Aviation Machinist's Mate Second Class, U.S. Navy
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Date of Death
January 21, 1954
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Aviation Machinist's Mate Second Class Becker was a crew member of a P2V-5 Neptune patrol bomber with Patrol Squadron 7, based at Naval Air Station Barbers Point, Hawaii. On January 21, 1954, as the plane was making a landing approach it crashed into the southeast slope of Mount Puu Kaua, Oahu, killing 7 crewmen. |
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