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HAROLD DEAN BEACH
Corporal · U.S. Army
August 28, 1950 – May 9, 1969
Service recordHarold Dean Beach, of Boone, North Carolina, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on May 9, 1969, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 25W, Line 27 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25W · Line 27
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- August 28, 1950
- Home of record
- Boone, North Carolina (Watauga County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 9, 1969
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date May 9, 1969; he was the only one lost in Pleiku Province that day. 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.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 25W, Line 27
- ROBERT JOSEPH ALERT JRPrivate First Class · May 9, 1969
- ROBERT ALAN BANKSSpecialist Four · May 9, 1969
- GARY LEE BROOKHARTPrivate First Class · May 9, 1969
- GERALD LEE CALLPrivate First Class · May 9, 1969
Same unit, same day
- SAMUEL CHRISTOPHER JRStaff Sergeant · Panel 25W, Line 28
- GERALD MCCORVEYSpecialist Four · Panel 25W, Line 31
- VICTOR DAVID MORALESMajor · Panel 25W, Line 31
- JUAN ORTIZ-RAMIREZPrivate First Class · Panel 25W, Line 31
- LARRY WAYNE WATKINSSpecialist Four · Panel 25W, Line 34
From Boone
- WILLIAM CLAUDE ROBERTSLance Corporal · March 18, 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.