WAR SERVICE NEWS.
Pfc. James Becker, son of Mr. and Mrs. James Becker of LeMars, who has been at Kelly Field, Battle Creek, Mich., has been transferred to New York. He is in chemical warfare. He left for the army as a volunteer inductee on January 28, 1943, and served first at Shepherd Field, Tex., at Wichita Falls, Tex., and in April was transferred to MacDill Field, Tampa, Fla., chemical warfare school.
Source: LeMars Globe-Post, August 2, 1943
***Further Research:
James Fagan Becker was born Nov. 3, 1921 to James A. and Inez F. Becker. He died July 11, 1996.
Source: ancestry.com
