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World War II Honoree

Killed in World War II

Francis F. Beitler

Branch of Service

U.S. Army Air Force

Hometown

Flora, Illinois

Honored By

Robert Medley Gatewood

Branch Seal
Activity During WWII

FIRST SERGEANT WITH HEADQUARTERS SQUADRON, 27TH BOMB GROUP (HEAVY), WHICH WAS AT CLARK FIELD, PHILIPPINES WHEN THE JAPANESE INVASION BEGAN. DIED (NON-BATTLE) ON MAY 21, 1942. OTHERWISE ELIGIBLE FOR THE AMERICAN DEFENSE MEDAL, THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN MEDAL AND THE WWII VICTORY MEDAL. BURIED AT MANILA AMERICAN CEMETERY, FORT BONIFACIO, MANILA, PHILIPPINES. HONORED ALSO AT THE WWII MEMORIAL IN FLORA, ILLINOIS.