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GEORGE WILLIE BEAL JR
Private · U.S. Marine Corps
February 24, 1952 – May 16, 1970
Service recordGeorge Willie Beal JR, of Cincinnati, Ohio, served as a Private in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 16, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 48 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 48
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private (PVT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Mortarman (0341)
- Born
- February 24, 1952
- Home of record
- Cincinnati, Ohio (Hamilton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 16, 1970
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date May 16, 1970; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 48
- MELVIN RAY THOMASSergeant · May 15, 1970
- LESTER EARL BUNNERSergeant First Class · May 16, 1970
- DAVID LYN CHRISTOPHERSONCorporal · May 16, 1970
- EDWIN RAY CONNERSenior Chief Petty Officer · May 16, 1970
From Cincinnati
- ROBERT DAVID BENNETTCaptain · November 5, 1962
- TOM WARDSergeant First Class · August 20, 1964
- KENNETH EDWARD HUMELieutenant Commander · March 29, 1965
- JAMES MELVEN PENNYPrivate First Class · July 15, 1965
- GENE RAYMOND GOLLAHONLieutenant · August 13, 1965
- LEONARD FREDERICK VOGT JRCommander · September 18, 1965
- CLARENCE HENRY GRAYStaff Sergeant · October 5, 1965
- EDWARD KEMPPrivate First Class · October 23, 1965
- CHARLES R DAVIS JRSpecialist Five · November 1, 1965
- TOMMY ALLEN DOAKPrivate First Class · November 17, 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.