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DAVID ELTON BEAN
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 13, 1940 – August 14, 1969
Service recordDavid Elton Bean, of Clarendon, Pennsylvania, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 14, 1969, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 36 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · Line 36
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
- Motor Transport Operator (64C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- June 13, 1940
- Home of record
- Clarendon, Pennsylvania (Warren County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 14, 1969
- Age
- 29
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date August 14, 1969; he was the only one lost in Binh Long Province that day. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 13 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19W, Line 36
- ROBERT ALLAN WASHINGTONStaff Sergeant · August 13, 1969
- RICHARD DOUGLAS WELLMANCorporal · August 13, 1969
- JOHN CURTIS WHITESIDECorporal · August 13, 1969
- JACK MICHAEL APODACASergeant · August 14, 1969
Same unit, same day
- SIDNEY GILBERT LAZARUS JRPrivate First Class · Panel 19W, Line 40
From Clarendon
- JOHN EDWARD ISHMANSergeant · February 22, 1968
- STEVEN ALLEN RICKERSONLance Corporal · September 15, 1969
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.