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DAVID ROWLAND BEATTIE
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
May 6, 1945 – September 18, 1966
Service recordDavid Rowland Beattie, of Neptune, New Jersey, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 18, 1966, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 10E, Line 112 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10E · Line 112
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- May 6, 1945
- Home of record
- Neptune, New Jersey (Monmouth County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 18, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date September 18, 1966; 13 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In September 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 10E, Line 112
- JAMES TERENCE BAYNELance Corporal · September 18, 1966
- JOHN ALLEN BRYANLance Corporal · September 18, 1966
- WILLIAM RUSSELL HINERMANPrivate First Class · September 18, 1966
- ELMO ROSARIO-SALABERRIOSSpecialist Four · September 18, 1966
From Neptune
- DONALD HARRY BROWERPrivate First Class · March 18, 1967
- ROBERT GEORGE REYNOLDSSpecialist Four · June 11, 1967
- PATRICK EUGENE MCBRIDELance Corporal · September 10, 1967
- COLIN JAMES BACHCorporal · October 22, 1968
- JAMES L LANGSergeant · November 17, 1968
- PAUL DAVID BACONSpecialist Four · June 5, 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.