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GEORGE EDWARD BECKLEY
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 29, 1948 – June 6, 1970
Service recordGeorge Edward Beckley, of Potts Camp, Mississippi, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 6, 1970, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 17 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 17
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- January 29, 1948
- Home of record
- Potts Camp, Mississippi (Marshall County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 6, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date June 6, 1970; two of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 62 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 17
- RONALD ALEX STALEYStaff Sergeant · June 5, 1970
- STEVEN RUSSELL STEFANSKISergeant · June 5, 1970
- ARCHIE EDWARD TRIMMPrivate First Class · June 5, 1970
- ALFRED FRANCIS WIGGINS JRPrivate · June 5, 1970
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT RAY BOESKOOLCorporal · Panel 9W, Line 18
- WILLIAM ANDERSON BRANCHCaptain · Panel 9W, Line 18
- RALPH JOSEPH BUFORDSpecialist Four · Panel 9W, Line 18
- WILLIAM LARRY BYRDCaptain · Panel 9W, Line 19
From Potts Camp
- SYLVESTER SWINFORD JRPrivate First Class · May 29, 1966
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.