World War II Honoree
World War II Veteran
Delmar R. Beecher
Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Colfax, Illinois
Honored By
Sheila Price, Sherrill Wilson, Karen Robinson
Relationship
Daughters
SERVED IN THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATER OF OPERATIONS AS SECTION LEADER-HEAVY MACHINE GUNNER WITH COMPANY D, 383RD INFANTRY, 96TH DIVISION, OCTOBER 1942 TO JANUARY 1946. PARTICIPATED IN THE RYUKYU CAMPAIGN AND IN THE INITIAL LANDING ON LEYTE, PHILIPPINE ISLANDS ON OCTOBER 20, 1944.