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BILLIE LESTER BEARD
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 3, 1934 – April 21, 1962
Service recordBillie Lester Beard, of Lompoc, California, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 21, 1962, in South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 9 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 9
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- July 3, 1934
- Home of record
- Lompoc, California (Santa Barbara County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 21, 1962
- Age
- 27
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
One name on the Wall carry the date April 21, 1962. In April 1962, 6 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 1E, Line 9
- RONALD EUGENE LEWISPrivate · May 1, 1962
- HEWETT FRANK EVASTUS COEChief Petty Officer · May 20, 1962
- GEORGE EDWARD COLLIERSergeant · May 28, 1962
- ROBERT LOUIS GARDNERSergeant · June 13, 1962
From Lompoc
- ROBERT WENDELL GILLIAMSpecialist Five · October 7, 1966
- FRED WALTER PACKSergeant · March 11, 1967
- THORNE M CLARK IIIPrivate First Class · June 22, 1967
- WALTER JOHN PANAMAROFFFirst Lieutenant · March 15, 1968
- ROBERT MICHAEL SWICKFirst Lieutenant · June 6, 1968
- MITCHELL ALLEN WENTZPetty Officer Second Class · June 7, 1968
- JIM ROY GONZALESSpecialist Four · July 1, 1968
- JOSEPH FRANK BIBERSergeant · September 19, 1968
- DANIEL JOSEPH VAUGHANSpecialist Five · May 11, 1970
- MARC BRADLEY BELONCorporal · May 14, 1970
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.