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EDWARD CHARLES BECK
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 27, 1946 – September 29, 1967
Service recordEdward Charles Beck, of Carpentersville, Illinois, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on September 29, 1967, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 27E, Line 27 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27E · Line 27
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- December 27, 1946
- Home of record
- Carpentersville, Illinois (Kane County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 29, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date September 29, 1967; 15 of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 39 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27E, Line 27
- CULLEN BARKSDALE JRSergeant · September 29, 1967
- DALE RUSS BERGPetty Officer Second Class · September 29, 1967
- JIMMY LEON CRAIGLance Corporal · September 29, 1967
- WILLIE FARMER JRSergeant · September 29, 1967
Same unit, same day
- CULLEN BARKSDALE JRSergeant · Panel 27E, Line 27
- WILLIE FARMER JRSergeant · Panel 27E, Line 27
- JAMES BENJAMIN FIELDSSergeant First Class · Panel 27E, Line 28
- DAVID ANTHONY GENTRYCorporal · Panel 27E, Line 28
- KENNETH LEON GREENSpecialist Four · Panel 27E, Line 28
- WILLIAM EUGENE HAMILTONPrivate First Class · Panel 27E, Line 28
- CRAIG ALLAN MCDANIELStaff Sergeant · Panel 27E, Line 30
- CLYDE VERNON MOOREFirst Lieutenant · Panel 27E, Line 30
- GEORGE EDWARD OVERSHINECorporal · Panel 27E, Line 30
- CLARENCE RIVERSPrivate First Class · Panel 27E, Line 31
- ROBERT JEREMIAH SMITHCorporal · Panel 27E, Line 32
- GEORGE HENRY ULRICHCorporal · Panel 27E, Line 32
- WILLIAM EARL WILSONSergeant · Panel 27E, Line 33
From Carpentersville
- KEITH JOHN ANDRESSpecialist Four · November 2, 1967
- STEPHEN PHILIP MITCHELLSpecialist Four · February 1, 1968
- RONALD ALAN WOLTERFirst Lieutenant · October 31, 1968
- ANDREW MORLEY BORDESSpecialist Five · August 1, 1971
- TOMMY MIKE MCCLEERSergeant First Class · August 1, 1971
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.