During World War II, from 1941 to 1945, people from Beecher who served included Joseph Barker, Joseph Pinkhart, Harold Butterfield, Robert Plummer, Harold Ethington, Norbert Roloff, Henry French, Edward Sonneaberg, Hugh French, William Sonnenberg, Floyd Gabrielson, Sanfri Smolander, Merlin Gabrielson, Charles Stirk, Verlin Gabrielson, Clifford Stirk, Harold Hirte, Jack Stirk, Richard Hollingsworth, Richard Tewel, Melvin Kantz, Leon Tobin, Stanley Jossart, Joseph Veich, Moriss Maher, Nicholas Veich, Norbert Maher, Patrick Waterman, Dean Monroe, John Weckerle, Clark Dewlin, and Mike Zeoko.