SOLDIER NEWS.
In a letter received recently from Bob Becker, son of Mr. and Mrs. Alwin Becker, he stated that he is now stationed at Camp Fannin, Texas, where his battalion has just been filled and training is now starting in earnest.
Source: LeMars Globe-Post,
July 19, 1943
Mrs. A. R. Becker, who has been receiving medical treatment at the Sacred Heart Hospital, is reported to be much improved. Her son, Pvt. Robert Becker, who has been home on furlough from Camp Yuma, Ariz., and who was scheduled to return to a camp in New Jersey today, was granted a five-day furlough extension.
Source: LeMars Globe-Post, April 13, 1944
SOLDIER NEWS.
According to a press bulletin sent out from the 319th Infantry headquarters in France, Pfc. L. Becker, son of Mr. and Mrs. Alwin Becker, has been awarded the Combat Infantryman Badge for exemplary conduct in action against the enemy. Pfc. Becker is a graduate of LeMars high school and entered the service June 10, 1943.
Source: LeMars Globe-Post, January 22, 1945
INFANTRYMAN BADGE AWARDED TO PFC. ROBERT BECKER
According to a press bulletin sent out from the 319th Infantry Headquarters in France, Pfc. Robert L. Becker, son of Mr. and Mrs. Alwin Becker, has been awarded the Combat Infantry Badge for exemplary conduct in action against the enemy. Pfc. Becker is a graduate of LeMars high school and entered the service June 10, 1943.
Source: LeMars Sentinel, January 19, 1945
[This front page published 27 Plymouth County Soldier photographs in this newspaper issue, which included a photograph of Robert L. Becker.]
Source: LeMars Globe-Post, April 2, 1945
***Further Researcher:
Robert John Becker was born Nov. 19, 1910 to Henry C. F. and Margaret Elizabeth Foley Becker. He died June 3, 1978 and is buried in Saint Michaels Cemetery, Kingsley, IA.
Source: ancestry.com
