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GARY EDWARD BECKER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 19, 1947 – May 26, 1968
Service recordGary Edward Becker, of Berwyn, Illinois, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 26, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 66W, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 66W · Line 1
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Power Generation Equipment Operator/Mechanic (52B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 SIGNAL BDE
- Born
- June 19, 1947
- Home of record
- Berwyn, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 26, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
73 names on the Wall carry the date May 26, 1968; he was the only one lost in Bình Dương Province that day. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 SIGNAL BDE”, his unit in the record, lost 15 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 66W, Line 1
- NILON KAY BACONPrivate First Class · May 26, 1968
- EDWARD EARL BEACHAMPrivate First Class · May 26, 1968
- KEVEN WAYNE BOWDISHPrivate First Class · May 26, 1968
- ALTON BOYCESergeant · May 26, 1968
From Berwyn
- CHARLES ALBERT SLAGERCorporal · October 18, 1966
- GEORGE THOMAS SUBERTPrivate First Class · April 5, 1967
- ROBERT RONALD SWANPrivate · September 1, 1967
- LEE BRIAN JARVISSergeant · September 7, 1967
- JOHN PETER JOHNSONSpecialist Four · January 5, 1968
- WILLIAM RASSANOSpecialist Four · March 2, 1968
- MICHAEL JOHN DONOVANSergeant · June 7, 1968
- PETER STEVEN TYRKAPrivate First Class · September 10, 1968
- NORMAN WILLIAM BARTELSCorporal · October 25, 1968
- JAMES CLELLON STORYPrivate · June 13, 1969
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.