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DUANE MARVIN MCBEAIN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 6, 1951 – July 1, 1971
Service recordDuane Marvin McBeain, of Guttenberg, Iowa, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 1, 1971, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 96 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 96
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Supplyman (76A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- October 6, 1951
- Home of record
- Guttenberg, Iowa (Clayton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 1, 1971
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
Two names on the Wall carry the date July 1, 1971; he was the only one lost in Quảng Nam Province that day. In July 1971, 118 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 34 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 96
- ROBERT JOSEPH SABATINISpecialist Four · June 30, 1971
- JOSEPH WALTER YINGLING JRSpecialist Four · June 30, 1971
- ANTHONY JOHN LAMERESpecialist Four · July 1, 1971
- GLEN LEE FULLERTONTechnical Sergeant · July 2, 1971
From Guttenberg
- MERLIN EUGENE MILLERPrivate First Class · September 29, 1968
- STEVEN MICHAEL TORREYCorporal · April 5, 1970
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.