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BARRY J BECANNEN
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
August 31, 1947 – August 23, 1968
Service recordBarry J Becannen, of Clayton, Michigan, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on August 23, 1968, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 47W, Line 37 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 47W · Line 37
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Helicopter Pilot, Utility And Light Cargo Single Rotor (062B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- August 31, 1947
- Home of record
- Clayton, Michigan (Lenawee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 23, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
111 names on the Wall carry the date August 23, 1968; seven of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 62 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 47W, Line 37
- HENRY HERSCHEL BALLEWLance Corporal · August 23, 1968
- CHARLES LEE BERGEVINMajor · August 23, 1968
- DANIEL JOSEPH BERMINGHAMAirman · August 23, 1968
- DAVID TERRENCE JUDDSergeant · August 23, 1968
Same unit, same day
- THAL ANTHONY BROWNFirst Lieutenant · Panel 47W, Line 38
- JOSEPH ERNEST FALARDEAUSpecialist Four · Panel 47W, Line 41
- WALTER FERGUSON JRStaff Sergeant · Panel 47W, Line 41
- MICHAEL DAVID FIXPrivate First Class · Panel 47W, Line 41
- PATRICK SHAWN HEDERMANPrivate First Class · Panel 47W, Line 44
- GILBERTO MENDEZ MOLINAPrivate First Class · Panel 47W, Line 49
- GEORGE EDWARD PERDUEPrivate First Class · Panel 47W, Line 51
- WILLIAM OTTO SCHMALEMajor · Panel 47W, Line 53
- RICHARD ORRIN SOPERWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 47W, Line 55
- ROBERT STEPHEN UNDERWOODPrivate First Class · Panel 47W, Line 56
From Clayton
- ROBERT LEE BROWNChief Warrant Officer 2 · April 26, 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.