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HAROLD A BEAVERSON JR
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 21, 1933 – May 31, 1967
Service recordHarold A Beaverson JR, of Clarksville, Tennessee, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 31, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 33. His name is inscribed on Panel 21E, Line 20 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21E · Line 20
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Field Radio Repairer (31E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- October 21, 1933
- Home of record
- Clarksville, Tennessee (Montgomery County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 31, 1967
- Age
- 33
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date May 31, 1967. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 23 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 21E, Line 20
- DAVID LEE ADAMSPrivate First Class · May 31, 1967
- HERVEY HARRIS ALLENPrivate First Class · May 31, 1967
- PETER MICHAEL APODACASpecialist Four · May 31, 1967
- RANDALL ARBOGASTSpecialist Four · May 31, 1967
From Clarksville
- LAWRENCE WOODSStaff Sergeant · October 24, 1964
- WOODROW WILSON VADENMajor · December 10, 1964
- DONALD HOWARD MEEKSpecialist Five · September 16, 1965
- JAMES DAVID LONGStaff Sergeant · September 30, 1965
- HUGH CAMPBELL GALBRAITHChief Warrant Officer 2 · July 24, 1966
- FRANK LUTHER HUDDLESTONMaster Sergeant · May 17, 1966
- ROBERT DONALD JENKINSPrivate First Class · March 22, 1967
- JOSEPH LYLE FARMERSergeant · December 31, 1967
- DONALD PETER GERVAISMaster Sergeant · May 1, 1968
- IRVIN EUGENE MARTINCorporal · January 24, 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.