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DAVID MICHAEL BECK
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 29, 1950 – May 12, 1969
Service recordDavid Michael Beck, of Cordele, Georgia, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 12, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 25W, Line 61 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25W · Line 61
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- August 29, 1950
- Home of record
- Cordele, Georgia (Crisp County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 12, 1969
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Burns/Smoke Inhalation
Context · from the records
What was happening
170 names on the Wall carry the date May 12, 1969; 28 of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 120 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 25W, Line 61
- LARRY LEE BAXTERPrivate First Class · May 12, 1969
- ARTHUR FREDERICK BELLCorporal · May 12, 1969
- RICHARD JAY BENNETTCorporal · May 12, 1969
- ALLAN CAMERON BENSONSpecialist Four · May 12, 1969
Same unit, same day
- DON LARRY ATKINSCorporal · Panel 25W, Line 59
- CHARLES LOUIS BARBIEREStaff Sergeant · Panel 25W, Line 60
- RICHARD JAY BENNETTCorporal · Panel 25W, Line 61
- GEORGE ARTHUR BROWNCorporal · Panel 25W, Line 62
- WILLIAM JAMES BURKE JRSergeant · Panel 25W, Line 63
- JOHN HAROLD CRISPPrivate First Class · Panel 25W, Line 65
- TIMOTHY CHARLES DONAVANPrivate First Class · Panel 25W, Line 66
- JOHN WILBUR DRANEPrivate First Class · Panel 25W, Line 66
- JOHN FREDERICK ELANDSpecialist Four · Panel 25W, Line 67
- PAUL DEAN ELWARTPrivate First Class · Panel 25W, Line 67
- MICHAEL DAVID FIELDSPrivate First Class · Panel 25W, Line 67
- RICHARD JAMES FLAGIELLOPrivate First Class · Panel 25W, Line 68
- CURTIS LEVENCE HARDINPrivate First Class · Panel 25W, Line 70
- JAMES ROY HARRISONSpecialist Four · Panel 25W, Line 70
- WILLIAM EDWARD JERSECorporal · Panel 25W, Line 72
- JAMES SAMUEL JORDANPrivate First Class · Panel 25W, Line 73
- ROBERT GAIL KRELLCorporal · Panel 25W, Line 74
- ALFRED LEWIS LAWYERCorporal · Panel 25W, Line 74
- JOHN ANTHONY MARTIN IIICorporal · Panel 25W, Line 76
- JOSEPH ERNEST MELVINCorporal · Panel 25W, Line 77
- JORGE LUIS MENDEZ-MATOSPrivate First Class · Panel 25W, Line 77
- MARVIN EDWARD PARKSpecialist Four · Panel 25W, Line 81
- ANDREW ROBERT SABOPrivate First Class · Panel 25W, Line 83
- RONALD MARK SETTIMICorporal · Panel 25W, Line 84
From Cordele
- JOHNNIE WILLIAM FAIRCLOTHStaff Sergeant · September 18, 1965
- MARVIN DOWDELLPrivate First Class · October 15, 1966
- BOBBY VERNON HAYSLIPStaff Sergeant · May 19, 1967
- VERNON MEANSSergeant · November 13, 1967
- ERNEST MICHAEL STAINESCorporal · June 29, 1969
- WILLIE B WALKER JRLance Corporal · January 2, 1970
- RUBIN MATHIS IISpecialist Five · June 25, 1971
- CHARLES EDWARD GREENEPetty Officer First Class · February 3, 1972
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.