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EDWARD HUGO BEYER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 11, 1948 – April 9, 1970
Service recordEdward Hugo Beyer, of Schulenburg, Texas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 9, 1970, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 111 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 111
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
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- December 11, 1948
- Home of record
- Schulenburg, Texas (Fayette County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 9, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date April 9, 1970; two of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 19 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 111
- ROBERT DEAN BESCHSergeant · April 9, 1970
- GARY LEE BROWNSergeant · April 9, 1970
- BRIAN LEE BUSHNELLAirman · April 9, 1970
- ANDREW ANTHONY HORCHAR JRPetty Officer Third Class · April 9, 1970
Same unit, same day
- RAYMOND LEWIS WILLIAMSCorporal · Panel 12W, Line 116
From Schulenburg
- FLOYD WAYNE KAASECaptain · May 28, 1967
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.