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GLEN RAY BECK
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 8, 1947 – June 1, 1968
Service recordGlen Ray Beck, of Ontonagon, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 1, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 62W, Line 19 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 62W · Line 19
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)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- December 8, 1947
- Home of record
- Ontonagon, Michigan (Ontonagon County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 1, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
60 names on the Wall carry the date June 1, 1968; six of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 66 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 62W, Line 19
- ROBERT JAMES SCHATZMANPrivate First Class · May 31, 1968
- JAMES EDWARD WEST JRLance Corporal · May 31, 1968
- SAMUEL WILLIAMSCorporal · May 31, 1968
- DONALD EDWARD ARNOLDSpecialist Four · June 1, 1968
From Ontonagon
- WILLIAM RAYMOND LUNDBERGSpecialist Four · April 20, 1967
- ERNEST MACK SKINNERSpecialist Five · April 20, 1967
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.