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ERNEST MICHAEL BEAUCHAMP
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
April 16, 1943 – March 4, 1967
Service recordErnest Michael Beauchamp, of Falls Church, Virginia, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 4, 1967, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 16E, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16E · Line 16
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Administrative Man (0141)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 3 MARDIV
- Born
- April 16, 1943
- Home of record
- Falls Church, Virginia (Falls Church (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 4, 1967
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date March 4, 1967; he was the only one lost in Thừa Thiên Province that day. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 16E, Line 16
- ROBERT EARL BUCKLEYCorporal · March 4, 1967
- RALPH LAURENCE CARLOCKMajor · March 4, 1967
- ROBERT NELSON CLARK JRSecond Lieutenant · March 4, 1967
- ROBERT JOSEPH GRITTEMaster Sergeant · March 4, 1967
From Falls Church
- LYELL FRANCIS KINGCaptain · February 18, 1966
- GEORGE EVERETT PERRY IIICaptain · June 17, 1966
- GEORGE EMILE HONSELance Corporal · January 8, 1967
- CHARLES CHRISTOPHER BONNETFirst Lieutenant · March 18, 1967
- WILLIAM JOSEPH SUTTONLance Corporal · July 2, 1967
- WALTER TASMAN EADSPetty Officer First Class · July 29, 1967
- THOMAS FRANCIS REGANFirst Lieutenant · September 18, 1967
- DARRELL RAYMOND UMHOLTZPrivate First Class · February 29, 1968
- PETER FRANCIS DONNELLFirst Lieutenant · April 26, 1968
- DAVID FRANCIS STRICKLERCorporal · April 29, 1968
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.