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GREGORY GEORGE BECK
Chief Warrant Officer 2 · U.S. Army
March 14, 1945 – May 18, 1969
Service recordGregory George Beck, of Fullerton, California, served as a Chief Warrant Officer 2 in the U.S. Army. He died on May 18, 1969, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 24W, Line 36 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24W · Line 36
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
- Chief Warrant Officer 2 (CW2)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Attack Helicopter Pilot (100E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- March 14, 1945
- Home of record
- Fullerton, California (Orange County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 18, 1969
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
81 names on the Wall carry the date May 18, 1969; five of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 76 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 24W, Line 36
- PETER ALLAN ARKOETTECorporal · May 18, 1969
- PAUL GEORGE BELLINOCorporal · May 18, 1969
- LARRY JOHN BUDDESpecialist Five · May 18, 1969
- MILTON JACKSON BUSHSergeant · May 18, 1969
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM JAMES ADAMSPrivate First Class · Panel 24W, Line 35
- STEVEN BRIAN CALHOUNSergeant · Panel 24W, Line 37
- JAMES PATRICK CASEYWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 24W, Line 37
- JAMES TERRELL COFERSpecialist Five · Panel 24W, Line 38
- JAMES OLIN FOGLEMANPrivate First Class · Panel 24W, Line 40
- STEVEN RILEY HUFFSTUTLERFirst Lieutenant · Panel 24W, Line 43
- KENNETH JOSEPH JOANISPrivate First Class · Panel 24W, Line 43
- ANTHONY JOSEPH ONEILLPrivate First Class · Panel 24W, Line 47
- GEORGE EDWARD TACKETTSpecialist Four · Panel 24W, Line 50
From Fullerton
- THOMAS HOWARD HAWKINGFirst Lieutenant · September 16, 1966
- BYRON HALEY BUSHAYStaff Sergeant · November 4, 1966
- JAMES ROBERT ALL NORTHERNPrivate First Class · November 13, 1966
- CHARLES PATRICK KELLYPrivate First Class · June 17, 1967
- MICHAEL LOUIS BROWNINGLance Corporal · October 24, 1967
- ROBERT DEAN FLEERCaptain · February 8, 1968
- ROBERT ALLAN LEEMANLance Corporal · March 6, 1968
- DENNIS RAY THORPESergeant · April 15, 1968
- JAMES PATRICK CRAWFORDCorporal · May 26, 1968
- THOMAS CAMPBELL BAMFORDSpecialist Five · August 7, 1968
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.