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CHARLES RAY BEARD
Private · U.S. Army
December 29, 1945 – November 21, 1968
Service recordCharles Ray Beard, of Denver, Colorado, served as a Private in the U.S. Army. He died on November 21, 1968, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 38W, Line 23 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 38W · Line 23
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
- Private (PVT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Supplyman (76A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- December 29, 1945
- Home of record
- Denver, Colorado (Denver County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 21, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
51 names on the Wall carry the date November 21, 1968; three of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 18 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 38W, Line 23
- RICHARD ANTHONY BARBOLLAPrivate First Class · November 21, 1968
- GERARD JAMES BLUME JRPrivate First Class · November 21, 1968
- CURTISS EDWARD BRAATZPrivate First Class · November 21, 1968
- THOMAS WILLIAM DESSELLEPrivate First Class · November 21, 1968
Same unit, same day
- CURTISS EDWARD BRAATZPrivate First Class · Panel 38W, Line 23
- HARRY LEE BROWNSpecialist Four · Panel 38W, Line 24
- CHARLES LEE SMITHSpecialist Four · Panel 38W, Line 30
From Denver
- BRIAN KAY SKINNERFirst Lieutenant · December 9, 1964
- MORRIS OLEN MUSICK JRLance Corporal · August 20, 1965
- DUANE WHITNEY MARTINCaptain · September 20, 1965
- JACK BRIAN LEAFPrivate First Class · August 24, 1965
- ERNEST CALVIN KELLYPrivate First Class · January 1, 1966
- FRANKIE LEYBA VARGASPrivate First Class · January 15, 1966
- RADFORD DOUGLAS HOGANSergeant · January 25, 1966
- FRANK SCOT CRISMONLieutenant · December 30, 1964
- ELOY DURANStaff Sergeant · February 14, 1966
- THOMAS WILLIAM STASKOCaptain · February 18, 1966
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.