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DONNIE RAY BEASLEY
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 25, 1945 – March 15, 1967
Service recordDonnie Ray Beasley, of Versailles, Kentucky, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 15, 1967, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 16E, Line 83 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16E · Line 83
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- October 25, 1945
- Home of record
- Versailles, Kentucky (Woodford County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 15, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date March 15, 1967; he was the only one lost in Kon Tum Province that day. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 145 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16E, Line 83
- STEVEN RICHARD WITHERSPrivate First Class · March 14, 1967
- ROBERT VICTOR CRAINSergeant First Class · March 15, 1967
- KENNETH EUGENE DOUGHERTYPrivate First Class · March 15, 1967
- DAVID LEROY PARISHSpecialist Four · March 15, 1967
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS CARROLL NICKERSONSergeant · Panel 16E, Line 85
- CLINTON ARNOLD SMITHSergeant · Panel 16E, Line 87
From Versailles
- JOSEPH RANDAL HARRISSergeant · November 24, 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.