BECK, EDWARD EUGENE JR.

Name: Edward Eugene Beck, Jr.
Rank/Branch: United States Marine Corps/E2
Unit: W/2/26 3 MAR DIV
Date of Birth: 07 July 1949
Home City of Record: NORTH CANTON OH
Date of Loss: 09 August 69
Country of Loss: South Vietnam
Loss Coordinates: 160758 North  1081135 East
Status (in 1973): Missing in Action/PFOD
Category: 3
Aircraft/Vehicle/Ground: Water
Missions:
Other Personnel in Incident: none
Refno: 1476

Source: Compiled by P.O.W. NETWORK from one or more of the following: raw
data from U.S. Government agency sources, correspondence with POW/MIA
families, published sources, interviews and CACCF = Combined Action
Combat Casualty File, and childhood neighbor Randy R.

REMARKS: DISAPPEARED ABOARD SHIP IN DANANG HARBOR

CACF "GROUND" CASUALTY QUANG NAM

SYNOPSIS:  Eddie attended Hoover High School of North Canton, Ohio,
dropping out prior to graduating. He would have graduated in 1968. He loved
to "play army" when he was younger and always dressed in fatigues. Eddie had
a younger brother and sister. Eddie's dad, Ed senior, was a large, quiet man,
and is believed to still live in the house Eddie grew up in.

No further information available at this time.