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FRED B BECKERMANN JR
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
April 16, 1946 – July 3, 1966
Service recordFred B Beckermann JR, of Tujunga, California, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 3, 1966, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 122 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 122
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Cannoneer (0811)
- Unit (as recorded)
- D CO 2 BN 11 MAR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- April 16, 1946
- Home of record
- Tujunga, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 3, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date July 3, 1966; three of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In July 1966, 562 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 8E, Line 122
- JAMES EDWARD VAUSESpecialist Four · July 2, 1966
- JAROLD A VEACHStaff Sergeant · July 2, 1966
- JAMES EDWARD WILSONStaff Sergeant · July 2, 1966
- CHRISTOPHER EUGENE BROOKSPrivate First Class · July 3, 1966
From Tujunga
- JERRY RAY MURPHYSpecialist Five · May 4, 1966
- MICHAEL DAVID SHEAHANPrivate First Class · February 25, 1968
- JACK DENNIS DOWNSPrivate First Class · April 6, 1968
- MANUEL MIRANDASpecialist Five · June 14, 1971
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.