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DENNIS ARTHUR BEUKE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 21, 1946 – October 11, 1967
Service recordDennis Arthur Beuke, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on October 11, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 27E, Line 87 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27E · Line 87
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Hurcules Fire Control Crewmember (16C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- July 21, 1946
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 11, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date October 11, 1967; five of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 84 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27E, Line 87
- GEORGE HAROLD WINKEMPLECKPrivate First Class · October 10, 1967
- ROBERT JAMES WISCHPrivate First Class · October 10, 1967
- ELLIS MILLER BAILEYCaptain · October 11, 1967
- JOHN THOMAS CARROLLPrivate First Class · October 11, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JAMES CHRISTIAN FREIDTPrivate First Class · Panel 27E, Line 89
- ELMER WAIN MAHURINPrivate First Class · Panel 27E, Line 90
- THOMAS DEWEY PIPKIN JRPrivate · Panel 27E, Line 91
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 1965
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.