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GREGORY WILLIAM BEECY
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
December 19, 1946 – October 11, 1970
Service recordGregory William Beecy, of Medford, Massachusetts, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on October 11, 1970, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 125 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 125
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Clerk-Typist (71B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- December 19, 1946
- Home of record
- Medford, Massachusetts (Middlesex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 11, 1970
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date October 11, 1970; he was the only one lost in Bien Hoa Province that day. In October 1970, 318 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 36 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 125
- TERRY ROBERT ALBRIGHTSpecialist Four · October 11, 1970
- THOMAS MICHAEL BOYERPrivate First Class · October 11, 1970
- MARTIN GALE GILLIAMPrivate First Class · October 11, 1970
- PETER RAY GOODNIGHTChief Warrant Officer 2 · October 11, 1970
From Medford
- BERNARD JAMES CREEDSergeant · November 17, 1965
- HAROLD BARNETT NELSONLance Corporal · June 2, 1966
- ARTHUR ANTHONY FREDA JRSpecialist Four · September 3, 1966
- EARL KENNETH BURNS JRSenior Master Sergeant · November 26, 1966
- EDWARD CHARLES MCCARTHYLance Corporal · February 2, 1967
- WILLIAM FRANCIS MCCARTHYLance Corporal · December 16, 1967
- EDWARD WILLIAM ARGYFirst Lieutenant · January 10, 1968
- CHARLES AUGUSTUS YEOMANSPrivate First Class · January 31, 1968
- VINCENT ANTONIO MOTTOLAPrivate First Class · February 23, 1968
- CRAIG FRANCIS SWAINPrivate First Class · August 2, 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.