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GEORGE CLYDE BEDDINGFIELD
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 20, 1946 – December 9, 1966
Service recordGeorge Clyde Beddingfield, of Zirconia, North Carolina, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on December 9, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 13E, Line 23 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13E · Line 23
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- February 20, 1946
- Home of record
- Zirconia, North Carolina (Henderson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 9, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date December 9, 1966. In December 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 28 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 13E, Line 23
- DONALD EUGENE JACKSONStaff Sergeant · December 8, 1966
- RONALD J MAHONEYPrivate First Class · December 8, 1966
- JOHN CHARLES MERCIERLance Corporal · December 8, 1966
- ERNEST PALMIERISpecialist Four · December 8, 1966
Same unit, same day
- JOHN HENRY OLDSPrivate First Class · Panel 13E, Line 25
- JIMMIE LEE PATRICKStaff Sergeant · Panel 13E, Line 25
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.