Polk County

 

Lt. Sumner Luten Beck

 

 

Sumner Luten Beck was born May 4, 1915 to George Henry and Myrtle Luten Beck. He died June 26, 1943 and is buried in Fairview Cemetery, Lee County, IA.

Lt. Beck served in World War II with the U.S. Army Air Corps 43rd Bomb Group, 403rd Bomb Squadron as a navigator and was MIA/FOD/KIA in the Southwest Pacific while serving his country.

Source: ancestry.com