Bio: Becken, Wesley D. – Staff Sgt. (Recruiter Course – 1966)

Contact: stan@wiclarkcountyhistory.org

Surnames: Becken, Raasch

---------Source: OWEN ENTERPRISE (Owen, Clark County, Wis.) 26 May 1966

Staff Sergeant Wesley D. Becken, son of Mr. and Mrs. Gustave Becken of Withee (Clark Co., Wis.), has completed the special U.S. Air Force recruiter course at Lackland AFB, Texas.

Sergeant Becken will be an official Air Force recruiter at Milwaukee. He was picked for the special assignment as a volunteer with an outstanding military record.

The sergeant was trained in 11 areas of study, including the Air Force job classification system, testing procedures and community relations to broaden his qualifications for presenting the facts of Air Force career opportunities to young men and women.

Sergeant Becken, a veteran of the Korean War, attended Owen High School.

His wife, Shirley, is the daughter of Mrs. Esther Raasch of Owen.

 

 


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