GREEN BERETS Beck, Martin Robert

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Beck ​

• FORENAME

Martin Robert ​

• UNIT

5 SF Group (Company D,Det B-41) ​

• RANK

Lieutenant Colonel ​

• NUMBER

213200115 ​

• DATE OF DEATH

24th July 1969 ​

• AGE

43 ​

• GRAVESITE

Arlington National Cemetery,Virginia Section 13 Site 12996-1 ​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

from Gainesville,Florida​

born 30.8.1925 Baltimore,Maryland​

son of Solomon and Myrtle E. (nee Lipman) Beck,Towson,Maryland​

husband of Nancy Lee (nee Engel) Beck,10069C Windstream Drive,Columbia,Maryland (1926-2015) (married 15.12.1946) (3 children Mary,Mark and Martin)​

graduated high school,Baltimore​

22 years service​

enlisted 1941 U.S.M.C.​

graduated University of Florida 1951​

commissioned 1951 from ROTC​

served in Korean War​

77 SF Group 1956​

10 SF Group (Company C) 1960-63​

ROTC Advisor,Hillsborough High School (Major) 1963​

Military Assistance Command,Vietnam 1964-65​

10 SF Group 1966-68​

5 SF Group 1968-69​

awards Silver Star,Legion of Merit,Bronze Star,Air Medal with 5 oak leaf clusters,Army Commendation Medal (dates/places ?)​

KIA in helicopter crash Moc Hoa,Kien Tuong Province,South Vietnam​

Vietnam Veterans Memorial,Washington,D.C. Panel 20W Line 38 ​

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