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Casualty Info
Home Town Dixon Springs, TN
Last Address Dixon Springs, TN
Casualty Date Jan 04, 1954
Cause Non Hostile- Body Not Recovered
Reason Air Loss, Crash - Sea
Location Pacific
Conflict Korean War
Location of Interment Arlington National Cemetery (VLM) - Arlington, Virginia
Name: Jesse Beasley Birth Date: 12 Mar 1922 Birth City: Dixon Springs State Registered: Tennessee Death Date: 4 Jan 1954 Death Country: Korea Death Description: Missing in Action - Presumed Dead War: Korean War Title: Lieutenant, U.S. Navy Rank: Lieutenant Service: U.S. Navy Service ID: 351146
Notes: Lieutenant Beasley was a veteran of World War II. In Korea, he was the plane commander of a P2V-4 Neptune patrol bomber with Patrol Squadron 2, U.S. Navy. While on a night reconnaissance mission of North Korea and China coasta on January 4, 1954, contact was lost and he was declared Missing in Action. Lieutenant Beasley was awarded the Purple Heart, the Combat Action Ribbon, the Korean Service Medal, the United Nations Service Medal, the National Defense Service Medal, the Korean Presidential Unit Citation, the Republic of Korea War Service Medal and the World War II Victory Medal.
