World War II Honoree
World War II Veteran
John Mitchell Beard
Branch of Service
U.S. Marine Corps
Hometown
Columbia, Mississippi
Honored By
John, Jane & Jim
Relationship
Children
ONE OF THREE BROTHERS THAT SERVED DURING WWII, USMC DECEMBER, 1936 TO JUNE, 1961. SENIOR DRILL INSTRUCTOR/PLATOON LEADER, MARINE CORPS RECRUIT DEPOT, SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA, 1940-1944, FIRST SERGEANT, MARINE BARRACKS, NAVAL OPERATING BASE, KODIAK, ALASKA, 1944-1945, RETIRED MASTER SERGEANT, 1961.