World War II Honoree

Roger Seaton Beck

Branch of Service

U.S. Marine Corps

Hometown

Succasunna, New Jersey

Honored By

William Lynch

Relationship

Friend

SERVED ON ACTIVE DUTY FROM MAY 1943 TO MAY 1946. ENTERED OFFICER CANDIDATE SCHOOL TRAINING AND WAS COMMISSIONED IN QUANTICO, VIRGINIA. HE BECAME AN INSTRUCTOR IN THE ARTILLERY SCHOOL AT QUANTICO, SUBSEQUENTLY BEING ASSIGNED TO JOINT ASSAULT SIGNAL COMPANY 'JASCO' IN SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA, THEN TO HAWAII, GUAM AND TIENTSIN, CHINA WITH THE FIRST MARINE DIVISION WHERE HE SERVED AS BATTERY COMMANDER UNTIL BEING HONORABLY DISCHARGED.