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FREDRICK HALL BECKMEYER
Petty Officer Third Class · U.S. Navy
December 23, 1943 – February 4, 1968
Service recordFredrick Hall Beckmeyer, of Mt Vernon, Illinois, served as a Petty Officer Third Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on February 4, 1968, in South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 37E, Line 18 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 37E · Line 18
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Third Class (PO3)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Hospital Corpsman (HM)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 3 CA GRP CA 3 MAF
- Born
- December 23, 1943
- Home of record
- Mt Vernon, Illinois (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 4, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
68 names on the Wall carry the date February 4, 1968. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in South Vietnam while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 37E, Line 18
- LOUIS ROBERT BALOGSergeant · February 4, 1968
- DINGUS BANKS JRFirst Lieutenant · February 4, 1968
- WILLIAM CAREL BARNES JRPrivate First Class · February 4, 1968
- BILLY JOE BLACKSTENFirst Lieutenant · February 4, 1968
From Mt Vernon
- KENNETH DEANE THOMAS JRCaptain · May 5, 1966
- JACK EMANUEL CROUCH JRLance Corporal · September 24, 1966
- JERRY PAUL WITTSpecialist Four · November 1, 1966
- STEPHEN JAY SMITHPrivate First Class · October 9, 1967
- LEONARD JEFFREY RICHARDSPrivate First Class · November 20, 1967
- EDWARD WAYNE PIGGSergeant · May 11, 1968
- CARL EDWARD PILKINGTON SRSergeant Major · April 25, 1969
- RONALD WAYNE STEWARTPrivate First Class · March 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.