World War II Honoree
World War II Veteran
Rex A. Beene
Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Idalou, Texas
Honored By
Family
Served as a B-24 pilot with the 722nd Sqd., 450 Bomb Group flying out of Manduria, Italy. His plane was downed during an air strike on Ploesti, Romania in April, 1944 and he spent the remainder of the war as a POW.