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EUGENE BEAN JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 26, 1949 – September 27, 1970
Service recordEugene Bean JR, of Hammond, Louisiana, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on September 27, 1970, in Binh Thuan Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 96 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 96
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
- Tactical Wire Operations Specialist (36K)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 FIELD FORCE
- Born
- June 26, 1949
- Home of record
- Hammond, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 27, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Thuan
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date September 27, 1970; he was the only one lost in Binh Thuan Province that day. In September 1970, 364 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 FIELD FORCE”, his unit in the record, lost 5 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 96
- PHILLIP HAROLD JACOBSCaptain · September 27, 1970
- STEVEN HAROLD KRUPKINCorporal · September 27, 1970
- DAVID WEBSTER MACLURGSpecialist Four · September 27, 1970
- KENNETH CLIFFORD NOKESSpecialist Five · September 27, 1970
From Hammond
- BOBBY GENE JOHNSONSergeant · February 17, 1966
- CHARLES JACKSONLance Corporal · May 8, 1967
- JOHN EDWARD FRANCEWARSergeant First Class · January 6, 1969
- ROBERT GORDON COZART JRMajor · March 20, 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.