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GEORGE KEVIN BEERES
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 3, 1942 – February 11, 1966
Service recordGeorge Kevin Beeres, of Union City, New Jersey, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 11, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 5E, Line 24 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5E · Line 24
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- January 3, 1942
- Home of record
- Union City, New Jersey (Hudson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 11, 1966
- Age
- 24
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Nine names on the Wall carry the date February 11, 1966. In February 1966, 513 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 123 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5E, Line 24
- CHESTER LEWIS GABLEMajor · February 10, 1966
- KERMIT HAROLD YOHOSpecialist Four · February 10, 1966
- SEBASTIAN PIADOCHE CANLASPlatoon Sergeant · February 11, 1966
- ROBERT OWEN CANTRELLSpecialist Four · February 11, 1966
Same unit, same day
- SEBASTIAN PIADOCHE CANLASPlatoon Sergeant · Panel 5E, Line 24
- MOSES M COTTONPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 25
- THEODORE F TAYLOR JRPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 26
From Union City
- MARCHELLA RAYMOND LANZONEMaster Sergeant · November 26, 1966
- ANTHONY CHRISTOPHER SCIVOLINOSpecialist Four · December 12, 1966
- JOHN RECKPrivate First Class · May 13, 1968
- RAYMOND FREDERICK BARDETPrivate First Class · May 28, 1968
- WILLIAM GEORGE WHITEPetty Officer First Class · June 16, 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.