Private First Class Beachy was member of the 3rd Signal Company, 3rd Infantry Division. On 14 November 1952, he was a passenger aboard a C-119C, "Flying Boxcar" from the 63rd Troop Carrier Squadron, 403rd Troop Carrier Group en route from Ashiya Air Base, Japan, to Seoul, Korea, when it crashed into Hill 683 near Cho-ok and about 15 miles east of Airfield K-19, killing all 44 servicemen on board.

Beachy was awarded the Korean Service Medal, the United Nations Service Medal, the National Defense Service Medal and the Republic of Korea War Service Medal.