Notes About N.E. Iowans in the Service.
Mrs. Nancy Beckwith has received word from her son, Pvt. Edward Beckwith, that he is in a hospital somewhere in the Philippines with jungle disease. He was transferred recently from New Guinea to the Philippines.
Source: Waterloo Daily Courier, December 6, 1944
Edward James Beckwith was born July 18, 1921 to Edward M. and Nancy E. Wilson Beckwith. He died Aug. 4, 1952 and is buried in Washington Township Cemetery, Morrison, IA.
Edward served in World War II with the U.S. Army 947th Field Artillery Battalion.
Source: ancestry.com
