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ERWIN BEEK
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 2, 1944 – November 18, 1967
Service recordErwin Beek, of Maspeth, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 18, 1967, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 30E, Line 13 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30E · Line 13
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- February 2, 1944
- Home of record
- Maspeth, New York (Queens County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 18, 1967
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date November 18, 1967; four of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 54 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 30E, Line 13
- DOUGLAS BRUCE BAUMSergeant · November 18, 1967
- DAVID T BROOKSStaff Sergeant · November 18, 1967
- LAWRENCE DEAN BROWNOTTERCorporal · November 18, 1967
- EDWARD BURKE BURDETTBrigadier General · November 18, 1967
Same unit, same day
- DONALD HENRY HOLMSpecialist Four · Panel 30E, Line 16
- JAMES E LYONSSpecialist Four · Panel 30E, Line 16
- RICKIE D SPARKSSergeant · Panel 30E, Line 19
- JAMES DAVID SUGGSPrivate First Class · Panel 30E, Line 20
From Maspeth
- THOMAS PAUL CIBOROWSKIPrivate First Class · April 9, 1967
- RICHARD ALAN GILLEYPrivate First Class · January 31, 1968
- MICHAEL PHILIP PELLEGRINOSeaman · February 20, 1968
- LANCE LAGRANGEFirst Lieutenant · July 2, 1968
- ALLAN STANLEY MAJORAirman First Class · September 24, 1968
- THOMAS PATRICK NOONAN JRLance Corporal · February 5, 1969
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.