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DEAN L BEACH
Major · U.S. Air Force
December 16, 1928 – October 7, 1968
Service recordDean L Beach, of Vestaburg, Michigan, served as a Major in the U.S. Air Force. He died on October 7, 1968, in Thailand, at age 39. His name is inscribed on Panel 41W, Line 21 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 41W · Line 21
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- December 16, 1928
- Home of record
- Vestaburg, Michigan (Montcalm County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 7, 1968
- Age
- 39
- Country
- Thailand
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date October 7, 1968. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The record places this loss in Thailand, outside South Vietnam.
Also on Panel 41W, Line 21
- RAYMOND RODRIGU HERNANDEZSergeant · October 6, 1968
- FRANKLIN DENIS TINSLEYSpecialist Four · October 6, 1968
- LARRY LYLE WARBISPrivate First Class · October 6, 1968
- JOHN KEVIN ALLAIREPrivate First Class · October 7, 1968
From Vestaburg
- DANIEL JOSEPH RUSNELLPrivate First Class · September 24, 1966
- RICHARD OWEN FISKSergeant · December 16, 1968
- STEVEN VERNON ELTINGPrivate First Class · September 21, 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.