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EDWARD EUGENE BECK JR
Gunnery Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
July 7, 1949 – August 9, 1969
Service recordEdward Eugene Beck JR, of North Canton, Ohio, served as a Gunnery Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He was lost on August 9, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 119 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 119
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Gunnery Sergeant (GYSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Cannoneer (0811)
- Unit (as recorded)
- W BAT BLT 226
- Born
- July 7, 1949
- Home of record
- North Canton, Ohio (Stark County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- August 9, 1969
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Presumed Dead
- Circumstance
- Unknown
- First reported
- Missing
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date August 9, 1969; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 20W, Line 119
- BRUCE EDWARD KANECorporal · August 9, 1969
- MICHAEL WARD KIRKPATRICKLieutenant (junior grade) · August 9, 1969
- DONALD HENRY MCMAINS JRStaff Sergeant · August 9, 1969
- MICHAEL ROBERT SEIBERTSpecialist Four · August 9, 1969
From North Canton
- ERVIN LEONARD LAIRDSpecialist Four · February 1, 1967
- MICHAEL JOHN SHEHLPrivate First Class · July 13, 1967
- RAY EUGENE COLNSpecialist Four · October 30, 1967
- CHARLES EDWARD KUHN JRPrivate First Class · June 23, 1969
- DAVID ANDREW BRYANPrivate First Class · November 24, 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.