World War II Honoree
Killed in World War II
Edward Paul Becker
Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Greenville, Pennsylvania
Honored By
LTC Leo E. Becker Ret.
Relationship
Nephew
WENT DOWN ON THE USS MADDOX DD-622 ON JULY 10, 1943 WHILE SUPPORTING THE INVASION OF SICILY. AWARDED THE PURPLE HEART, GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL, WWII VICTORY MEDAL AND THE EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN THEATER CAMPAIGN MEDAL. MEMORIALIZED AT SICILY-ROME AMERICAN CEMETERY, NETTUNO, ITALY AND IN MEMORIAL SECTION 'A' OF THE FORT ROSECRANS NATIONAL CEMETERY, POINT LOMA, SAN DIEGO CALIFORNIA.