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DAVID ROBERT BEYL
Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 6, 1949 – July 18, 1970
Service recordDavid Robert Beyl, of Sellersburg, Indiana, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 18, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 27 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 27
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- July 6, 1949
- Home of record
- Sellersburg, Indiana (Clark County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 18, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date July 18, 1970; five 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.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 27
- RANDALL THOMAS BAERCorporal · July 18, 1970
- MICHAEL EDWARD BAUMPrivate First Class · July 18, 1970
- DENNIS LEE CLYMERSpecialist Four · July 18, 1970
- MICHAEL JOHN DICKUSWarrant Officer 1 · July 18, 1970
Same unit, same day
- BURKE HOLBROOK MILLERCorporal · Panel 8W, Line 29
- WILLIAM DAVID ROLLASONSergeant · Panel 8W, Line 29
- MICHAEL ALLEN WALKERSergeant · Panel 8W, Line 29
- KENNETH JEROME SIMMONSSergeant · Panel 8W, Line 30
From Sellersburg
- WILLIAM GARY SMITHPrivate First Class · February 21, 1968
- WILLARD SKAGGS JRSergeant · March 2, 1968
- CAL THOMAS HAMMACKLance Corporal · January 29, 1969
- THOMAS MARTIN BARNETTWarrant Officer 1 · September 26, 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.