The Wall › Panel 4E › Ohio › Francis Wayne Beagle
FRANCIS WAYNE BEAGLE
Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 4, 1929 – January 5, 1966
Service recordFrancis Wayne Beagle, of New Matamoras, Ohio, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 5, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 36. His name is inscribed on Panel 4E, Line 53 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4E · Line 53
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.
Remember
Did you know him? Family members and friends are invited to share a photograph or a memory. Nothing is posted until it has been reviewed.
Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Radio Operator (05B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- July 4, 1929
- Home of record
- New Matamoras, Ohio (Washington County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 5, 1966
- Age
- 36
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date January 5, 1966. In January 1966, 401 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 11 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4E, Line 53
- LEO ANGELO REMONDINI JRSergeant · January 3, 1966
- GRANT A RHODESSergeant · January 4, 1966
- ALLEN ROBERT SPINKSSpecialist Four · January 4, 1966
- LIONEL JOHN BRYAN JRSpecialist Four · January 5, 1966
Same unit, same day
- WALLACE KINGSLEY SINERCaptain · Panel 4E, Line 55
- CLYDE DAVID TAYLORFirst Lieutenant · Panel 4E, Line 55
From New Matamoras
- CHARLES WILLIAM PIATTLance Corporal · September 4, 1967
- STEVEN MICHAEL JANEDASpecialist Four · May 26, 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.