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EDWARD EARL BEACHAM
Private First Class · U.S. Army
May 16, 1948 – May 26, 1968
Service recordEdward Earl Beacham, of Hazlehurst, Mississippi, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 26, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 66W, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 66W · Line 1
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- May 16, 1948
- Home of record
- Hazlehurst, Mississippi (Copiah County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 26, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
73 names on the Wall carry the date May 26, 1968; three of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 236 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 66W, Line 1
- NILON KAY BACONPrivate First Class · May 26, 1968
- GARY EDWARD BECKERSpecialist Four · May 26, 1968
- KEVEN WAYNE BOWDISHPrivate First Class · May 26, 1968
- ALTON BOYCESergeant · May 26, 1968
Same unit, same day
- TERRY LEE BROADYSergeant · Panel 66W, Line 2
- HARRY WILBUR JOHNSONSpecialist Four · Panel 66W, Line 8
- REID TYRONE STYERSSpecialist Four · Panel 65W, Line 1
From Hazlehurst
- A V SPIKESSpecialist Four · May 21, 1966
- EDGAR HUNTER BEASLEYCorporal · November 3, 1966
- CARTER PURVIS LUNAColonel · March 10, 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.