Serviceman
Donald A Beck
Play his story on the map built from his record
- Army serial number
- 31437335
- Rank
- SSGT (12 August 1944), TSGT (16 August 1944), TSGT (1 October 1944), T/Sgt (26 October 1944)
- Hometown
- Gem TX; Badin NC; BADIN NC
- Also written
- Donald Beck
- In the book
- Heroes of the 483rd, p. 81, 190
- Sources
- 483bg-record, assoc-roster, heroes-book, morning-report · service record at 483bg.org
Crews
- John Jay Gorman Commanding Officer · 817th
- Maurice Raffel Crew, radio operator · 817th
Missions placed on him
- mission 14, 7 May 1944 · Pancevo · Listed with the John Jay Gorman crew, which flew it per its history (p. 81); whether he was aboard that day is not recorded
- mission 28, 2 June 1944 · Debrecen · Listed with the John Jay Gorman crew, which flew it per its history (p. 81); whether he was aboard that day is not recorded
- mission 29, 6 June 1944 · Galati · Listed with the John Jay Gorman crew, which flew it per its history (p. 81); whether he was aboard that day is not recorded
- mission 30, 11 June 1944 · Focsani · Listed with the John Jay Gorman crew, which flew it per its history (p. 81); whether he was aboard that day is not recorded
- mission 51, 18 July 1944 · Memmingen · Listed with the John Jay Gorman crew, which flew it per its history (p. 81); whether he was aboard that day is not recorded
- mission 53, 22 July 1944 · Ploesti · Listed with the Maurice Raffel crew, which flew it per its history (p. 190); whether he was aboard that day is not recorded
A report lists him aboard, or his crew's history in Heroes of the 483rd dates the mission; the book is cited by page and not reproduced. The rest of his squadron's missions in his window are not placed on him by any document.
Awards
| Date | Award | General order | Rank then |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12 August 1944 | Air Medal | 2506 | SSGT |
| 16 August 1944 | Air Medal, 2nd oak leaf cluster | 2584 | TSGT |
| 1 October 1944 | Air Medal, 2nd oak leaf cluster | 3742 | TSGT |
From the general orders indexed by the Army Air Corps Library and Museum.
Morning reports
1 entry, first 26 October 1944, last 26 October 1944; grades seen: T/Sgt. The clerk's sentence is quoted as the machine read it from microfilm: "fr dy to DS" is from duty to detached service, "sk in hosp" sick in hospital, "asgd & jd" assigned and joined.
- 1944-10-26 817th: 3/Sgt
National Archives pages: roll 572487240 p. 485
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