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ARTHUR LEE BEATY
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 21, 1942 – May 12, 1968
Service recordArthur Lee Beaty, of Hillister, Texas, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 12, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 58E, Line 30 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 58E · Line 30
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- HHC 2 BN 5 CAV 2 CAV DIV
- Born
- May 21, 1942
- Home of record
- Hillister, Texas (Tyler County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 12, 1968
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
97 names on the Wall carry the date May 12, 1968; 18 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 58E, Line 30
- ROBERT RANDOLPH BEANNERSergeant · May 12, 1968
- RICK WILLIAM BEZEAUPrivate First Class · May 12, 1968
- IVY LOUIS BLAIRSergeant · May 12, 1968
- RICHARD ALAN BOWERSSergeant · May 12, 1968
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.