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EDWARD NELSON BEERS
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
November 25, 1947 – May 23, 1968
Service recordEdward Nelson Beers, of Fairless Hills, Pennsylvania, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 23, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 66E, Line 6 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 66E · Line 6
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- November 25, 1947
- Home of record
- Fairless Hills, Pennsylvania (Bucks County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 23, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date May 23, 1968; 15 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 66E, Line 6
- GRANVILLE JOEL ALLEN JRPetty Officer Third Class · May 23, 1968
- LAURIER GERARD BOSSELance Corporal · May 23, 1968
- ROGER WILLIAM BOYDSergeant · May 23, 1968
- FLORIAN ANTHONY BUGNI JRPrivate First Class · May 23, 1968
From Fairless Hills
- CHRISTOPHER JOSEPH SCHRAMMSpecialist Four · May 13, 1968
- STEVEN RICHARD CAUCCIPrivate First Class · August 5, 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.