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EDGAR PETER BECK JR
Constructionman · U.S. Navy
September 18, 1950 – December 31, 1970
Service recordEdgar Peter Beck JR, of Gowanda, New York, served as a Constructionman in the U.S. Navy. He died on December 31, 1970, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 15 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 15
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
- Constructionman (CN)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Equipment Operator (EO)
- Unit (as recorded)
- NMCB 74 3 NC BDE
- Born
- September 18, 1950
- Home of record
- Gowanda, New York (Cattaraugus County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 31, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date December 31, 1970; five of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In December 1970, 271 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 15
- STEVE SPENCER DENIKESpecialist Four · December 30, 1970
- BRIAN ANTHONY HORINEKFirst Lieutenant · December 30, 1970
- LARRY JAMES ANDERSONPrivate · December 31, 1970
- HAROLD E ASHERPetty Officer Third Class · December 31, 1970
From Gowanda
- JOSEPH R SWEDASpecialist Four · October 25, 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.