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DONALD WAYNE BEARD
Lieutenant Commander · U.S. Navy
May 11, 1928 – December 9, 1964
Service recordDonald Wayne Beard, of Amarillo, Texas, served as a Lieutenant Commander in the U.S. Navy. He died on December 9, 1964, offshore, South Vietnam, at age 36. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 75 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 75
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. Navy
- Rank
- Lieutenant Commander (LCDR)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Url Pilot (1310)
- Born
- May 11, 1928
- Home of record
- Amarillo, Texas (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 9, 1964
- Age
- 36
- Province
- Offshore
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Four names on the Wall carry the date December 9, 1964. In December 1964, 36 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 1E, Line 75
- ARTHUR ALEXANDER SHELTONPrivate First Class · December 8, 1964
- BRIAN JOHN CRONINLieutenant (junior grade) · December 9, 1964
- BRIAN KAY SKINNERFirst Lieutenant · December 9, 1964
- JOHN FREDRICK STONEBURNERMajor · December 9, 1964
From Amarillo
- RONALD DICKERSON HINESFirst Lieutenant · April 26, 1964
- DOUGLAS DULANE MACKWarrant Officer 1 · April 19, 1965
- STANLEY L SAPPCaptain · December 4, 1965
- L V THOMAS JRPrivate First Class · March 30, 1966
- JAMES ROBERT CROLEYPlatoon Sergeant · July 19, 1966
- MELVIN FRANKLIN FLOYDPlatoon Sergeant · August 8, 1966
- KENT PALMER FURPHYSergeant · November 12, 1966
- ARTHUR KASIMI TYSZKIEWICZLieutenant Commander · January 14, 1967
- CLIFFORD GORDON DAVISCorporal · April 30, 1967
- DAVID LOU ROWELLPrivate First Class · May 8, 1967
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.