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A soldier of the 4th Infantry Division secures a landing zone, October 1967.
A soldier of the 4th Infantry Division secures a landing zone, October 1967. Photo: SP5 Robert C. Lafoon, U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of George Beedy.

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GEORGE BEEDY

Specialist Four · U.S. Army

October 13, 1949 – November 29, 1970

Service record

George Beedy, of Springfield, Ohio, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 29, 1970, in Ninh Thuan Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 90 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 6W · Line 90

Position of Panel 6W on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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
Field Artillery Basic (13A)
Unit (as recorded)
1 FIELD FORCE
Born
October 13, 1949
Home of record
Springfield, Ohio (Clark County)

Casualty

Date of death
November 29, 1970
Age
21
Province
Ninh Thuan
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Non-hostile
Category
Accident
Circumstance
Aircraft Crash — Passenger (MC)

Context · from the records

What was happening

38 names on the Wall carry the date November 29, 1970; 29 of them were lost in Ninh Thuan Province. In November 1970, 347 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

The unit recorded as “1 FIELD FORCE”, his unit in the record, lost 12 of its members that month.

Also on Panel 6W, Line 90

Same unit, same day

From Springfield

All 34 names from Springfield →

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.