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FLOYD IRVY BEACH
Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 18, 1946 – December 24, 1969
Service recordFloyd Irvy Beach, of Ft Madison, Iowa, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 24, 1969, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 89 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 89
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)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- September 18, 1946
- Home of record
- Ft Madison, Iowa (Lee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 24, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date December 24, 1969; he was the only one lost in Thừa Thiên Province that day. In December 1969, 509 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 19 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 89
- RONALD ARTHUR CHRISTENSergeant · December 24, 1969
- WILLIAM JOHN DAHLSpecialist Four · December 24, 1969
- RONALD GENE DENNISSergeant · December 24, 1969
- LAUREN DEAN FRITZSergeant · December 24, 1969
Same unit, same day
- TERRY CURTIS NEWKIRKSergeant · Panel 15W, Line 91
From Ft Madison
- MICHAEL MCKEE BARRLance Corporal · March 29, 1968
- GARY LEE LEWISPrivate · September 13, 1968
- BRADLEY GENE CUTHBERTMajor · November 23, 1968
- TERRY WILLIAM FOREMANStaff Sergeant · May 24, 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.