Military Involvement
| Servicemen * Be- surnames |
Joseph J. Beard was born Dec. 25, 1924 to Lawrence H. and Margaret Gagen Beard. He died Apr. 11, 1948 and is buried in Glendale Cemetery, Des Moines, IA. Joseph served in World War II.
Source: ancestry.com
Clarence L. Beaty was born Aug. 5, 1922. He died Jan. 16, 2018 and is buried in Iowa Veterans Cemetery, Adel, IA.
Sgt. Beaty served with the U.S. Air Force in World War II, Korea and Vietnam.
Source: ancestry.com
Raymond Carl Becker was born June 30, 1925 to Carl and Gladys Stone Becker. He died Dec. 6, 2014 and is buried in Iowa Veterans Cemetery, Adel, IA.
Sgt. Becker served with the U.S. Army in World War II.
Source: ancestry.com
Robert Wallace Beckwith was born Jan. 12, 1920 to Leslie Logan and Ethel Gertrude Murray Beckwith. He died Oct. 4, 2014 and is buried in Iowa Veterans Cemetery, Adel, IA.
Flight Officer Beckwith served with the U.S. Army Air Corps in World War II.
Source: ancestry.com
Loren and Dorothy Wilson Beeler Family
Allen Wilson Beeler was born Apr. 17, 1921 to Loren and Dorothy Wilson Beeler. He died May 22, 1944/FOD Apr. 11, 1946 and is memorialized at the Walls of the Missing, Manila American Cemetery and Memorial, Taguig City, Phillipines and has a cenotaph in Iowa Veterans Cemetery, Adel, IA.
He served as a Sergeant and Radio Operator on C-47 #41-38709, 2nd Troop Carrier Squadron. He became MIA on a Cargo Drop Mission over Myitkyina, Burma (Myanmar) when his plane crashed due to bad weather in the remote mountains of Burma. The crash site was discovered in 1987 and some of the remains were recovered at that time. It is unsure whose remains were and were not recovered.
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Harmon Calvin Beeler was born Oct. 5, 1924 to Loren and Dorothy Wilson Beeler. He died Dec. 25, 1995 and is buried in Chapel Hill Gardens, Des Moines, IA.
Harmon served with the U.S. Army in World War II.
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Richard Beeler was born Apr. 28, 1926 to Loren and Dorothy Wilson Beeler. He died June 21, 2016 and has a cenotaph in Iowa Veterans Cemetery, Adel, IA.
Petty Officer Beeler served with the U.S. Navy in World War II.
Source: ancestry.com
Melvin LeRoy Beeson was born Feb. 23, 1917 to Ivan Melvin and Zola Iona Hodson Beeson. He died Feb. 27, 2016 and is buried in Iowa Veterans Cemetery, Adel, IA.
Petty Officer Beeson served with the U.S. Navy in World War II.
Source: ancestry.com
Norbert Joseph James Belanger was born Apr. 22, 1905 to Henry and Martha LaPlant Belanger. He died July 27, 1946 and is buried in Resthaven Cemetery, West Des Moines, IA. Sgt. Belanger served with the U.S. Army Infantry in World War II.
Source: ancestry.com
Delbert Wayne Bell was born Nov. 1, 1925 to Chester James and Myrtle E. Jackson Bell. He died Dec. 1, 2014 and is buried in Waveland Cemetery, Prairie City, IA.
Delbert served in World War II with the U.S. Navy in the South Pacific.
Source: ancestry.com
Max Joseph Bell was born Feb. 19, 1926 to John B. “Burt” and Marjorie “Helen” Snodgrass Bell. He died Dec. 21, 2014 and is buried in Iowa Veterans Cemetery, Adel, IA.
Petty Officer Bell served with the U.S. Navy in World War II.
Source: ancestry.com
William Allen “Bill" Bennett was born June 11, 1922 to William A. and Louise Reed Bennett. He died Oct. 14, 2004 and is buried in New Altoona Cemetery, Clay Township, Polk County, IA.
Chief Petty Officer Bennett served with the U.S. Navy in World War II.
Source: ancestry.com
Marion Arnold Benson was born Oct. 21, 1921 to Leon and Leona May Arnold Benson. He died June 17, 1944 and is buried in Brittany American Cemetery, Saint James, France.
Lt. Benson served in World War II with the U.S. Army Air Corps 514th Fighter Squadron, 406th Fighter Group and was MIA/FOD in Normandy, France. He was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross and Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster.
Source: ancestry.com
John Allan Berg was born Mar. 14, 1927 to Adolph and Amanda Cecilia Berg. He died Aug. 30, 2009 and is buried in Iowa Veterans Cemetery, Adel, IA.
Petty Officer Berg served with the U.S. Navy in World War II.
Source: ancestry.com
Ollie Richard “Richard” Berg was born Feb. 12, 1923 to Einar and Louise Berg. He died Apr. 20, 2011 and is buried in Iowa Veterans Cemetery, Adel, IA.
2nd Lt. Berg served with the U.S. Army Air Corps in World War II.
Source: ancestry.com
Gerald Leslie Bevis was born July 1, 1923 to Leslie F. and Flora J. Egly Bevis. He died May 3, 2016 and is buried in Iowa Veterans Cemetery, Adel, IA.
SFC Bevis served with the U.S. Army in World War II and Korea. He was awarded the Purple Heart.
Source: ancestry.com
ServiceMen Research done by WWII Researcher, Pat Holt Juon, Jul 2019; updated Sep 2021 & Jun & Jul 2022 & Mar 2024