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FRANCIS M BEVERLY
Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 10, 1948 – July 24, 1969
Service recordFrancis M Beverly, of Jamaica, New York, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 24, 1969, in Kien Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 38 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 38
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- October 10, 1948
- Home of record
- Jamaica, New York (Queens County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 24, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Kien Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date July 24, 1969; seven of them were lost in Kien Tuong Province. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 23 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20W, Line 38
- MARTIN ROBERT BECKLieutenant Colonel · July 24, 1969
- EVERETT W BRAUBURGERCorporal · July 24, 1969
- DANIEL LESTER CAREYPrivate First Class · July 24, 1969
- JAMES DALE EARNESTWarrant Officer 1 · July 24, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JAMES DALE EARNESTWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 20W, Line 38
- GREGORY CHARLES ENGELCaptain · Panel 20W, Line 39
- ROBERT LEE GLASGOWSpecialist Four · Panel 20W, Line 39
- JOHN PHELEN ROECaptain · Panel 20W, Line 41
- ROBERT JOSEPH WHITESSpecialist Four · Panel 20W, Line 42
From Jamaica
- THOMAS JAMESSergeant · November 17, 1965
- REUBEN BUTCHERSergeant · May 14, 1966
- JOHN GREEN JRCorporal · May 24, 1966
- LESTER JONESPrivate First Class · July 20, 1966
- KENNETH PARTLOWAirman Second Class · August 27, 1966
- BRUCE MARTIN SMITHPrivate First Class · August 29, 1966
- VINCENT TORRESPrivate First Class · January 4, 1967
- ISRAEL ALICEAStaff Sergeant · February 10, 1967
- MOSES GREENSpecialist Four · March 3, 1967
- BARRY FRANCIS PRICELance Corporal · March 26, 1967
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.