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CHARLES ELBERT BEALS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 27, 1948 – July 7, 1970
Service recordCharles Elbert Beals, of French Lick, Indiana, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He was lost on July 7, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 103 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 103
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- September 27, 1948
- Home of record
- French Lick, Indiana (Orange County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- July 7, 1970
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
- First reported
- Missing in action
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date July 7, 1970; six of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In July 1970, 495 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 114 of its members that month.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 3W, Line 103
- PAUL RICHARD WITHROWSpecialist Four · July 6, 1971
- MICHAEL JOSEPH KNOXStaff Sergeant · July 7, 1971
- RAYMOND RALIFORD MAYSSergeant · July 7, 1971
- CHARLES PAUL PANQUERNESpecialist Four · July 7, 1971
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS WILLIAM DAMMChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 9W, Line 126
- THOMAS DAVID GILLASPYFirst Lieutenant · Panel 9W, Line 127
- MICHAEL JOSEPH GRIMMCorporal · Panel 9W, Line 127
- LEWIS HOWARD JRStaff Sergeant · Panel 9W, Line 128
- GERALD LEE RISINGERSergeant · Panel 9W, Line 129
From French Lick
- ARNOLD GORDON ABELCorporal · January 10, 1968
- MARK JOSEPH ALLSTOTTPrivate First Class · February 4, 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.