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GARY EVANS BEESLEY
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 31, 1946 – June 22, 1967
Service recordGary Evans Beesley, of St Louis, Missouri, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 22, 1967, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 22E, Line 36 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22E · Line 36
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Operations And Intelligence Specialist (11F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- January 31, 1946
- Home of record
- St Louis, Missouri (St Louis (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 22, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
87 names on the Wall carry the date June 22, 1967; he was the only one lost in Định Tường Province that day. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 78 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22E, Line 36
- WILLIAM JOSEPH BOEHMPrivate First Class · June 22, 1967
- ERVIN L BURNSFirst Lieutenant · June 22, 1967
- ALBERT BUTLER JRPrivate First Class · June 22, 1967
- DARRELL WAYNE BUTTSPrivate First Class · June 22, 1967
Same unit, same day
- GENE ELWOOD CALPHMaster Sergeant · Panel 22E, Line 37
- ROBERT ALLEN DAVISPrivate First Class · Panel 22E, Line 38
- CLYDE OWENBYSpecialist Four · Panel 22E, Line 47
From St Louis
- EDDIE LOUIS SMITHStaff Sergeant · October 4, 1964
- GERALD ROBERT KEENEYSpecialist Five · December 28, 1964
- HAROLD DALE MEYERKORDLieutenant · March 16, 1965
- GEORGE CRAIG SMITHMajor · April 3, 1965
- TERRY WAYNE MILLSSpecialist Four · April 19, 1965
- DONNIE D EZELLStaff Sergeant · April 24, 1965
- RONALD JOHN WARRENStaff Sergeant · May 28, 1965
- DALE LEROY TOOLOOSEWarrant Officer 1 · September 2, 1965
- JOSEPH L TSCHAMBERSPrivate First Class · September 2, 1965
- ANTHONY ROY HARDIESpecialist Four · October 28, 1965
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.