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John Ward Beebe
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Rank
Major, U.S. Marine Corps
Unit
542 MAR FTR SQ 33 MAR AIR GP
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Date of Death
September 24, 1950
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Major Beebe was the pilot of a F7F-3N Tigercat aircraft with Marine Fighter Squadron 542, Marine Air Group 33, 1st Marine Air Wing. On September 24, 1950, while on a combat mission near Seoul, South Korea, his aircraft received a direct hit by anti-aircraft fire and crashed into the Han River close to a power plant. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial. |
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