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EDWARD RUSSELL BEASLEY
Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 5, 1947 – March 14, 1969
Service recordEdward Russell Beasley, of Ft Worth, Texas, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 14, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 29W, Line 35 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29W · Line 35
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- April 5, 1947
- Home of record
- Ft Worth, Texas (Tarrant County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 14, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date March 14, 1969; four of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 77 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 29W, Line 35
- RAYMOND ERVIN BAUMGARNERStaff Sergeant · March 14, 1969
- THEOPHILUS BOWLESSpecialist Four · March 14, 1969
- SAMUEL HOPE JRPrivate First Class · March 14, 1969
- LEON EDWARD BARNARDPrivate First Class · May 31, 1969
Same unit, same day
- FURNACE FREEMAN JRCorporal · Panel 29W, Line 37
- WAYMON LOUIS JONES JRCorporal · Panel 29W, Line 38
- STEPHEN WAYNE LUCIASpecialist Four · Panel 29W, Line 38
From Ft Worth
- GEORGE MARKOSCaptain · February 7, 1965
- CHARLES M DANSBYCaptain · April 24, 1965
- JACK WILTON WEATHERBYCaptain · July 29, 1965
- PAUL WAYNE MANSIRPrivate First Class · September 11, 1965
- JAMES EDWARD THOMASPrivate First Class · October 3, 1965
- DONALD JAY TANNERLance Corporal · December 4, 1965
- DONALD REY HAWLEYCaptain · December 17, 1965
- OTHA THEANDER THOMPSONCorporal · August 24, 1965
- HARVEY WAYNE JONESPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- LEWIS DOUGLAS BELLMajor · March 5, 1966
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.