- Date
- 2007-10-10
- Kind
- Death
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- deathmilitaryaviationfamilycommunity
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
Colonel James Frank “Jim” Egbert, a long-time Beaver Island summer visitor, died on October 10, 2007. The Beacon described his United States Air Force career as a jet fighter pilot and senior officer, his decorations, family, and planned burial at Arlington National Cemetery with full military honors.
Evidence limits
This record preserves the Beacon’s obituary account and does not expand it into a complete military or family service biography.
Sources
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Sources
- Beaver Beacon, November 2007, "Jim Egbert 1932–2007."Reports Egbert’s October 10 death, Air Force career, decorations, Beaver Island summer connection, family, and planned Arlington National Cemetery burial. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2007-11_Beaver-Beacon
- The held issue scan confirms the death notice.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2007-11_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Long-time Beaver Island summer visitor Colonel Jim Egbert dies, 2007”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-jim-egbert-death-2007/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, November 2007, "Jim Egbert 1932–2007." (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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