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HARRY DAVID BEECH JR
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
April 19, 1948 – April 16, 1969
Service recordHarry David Beech JR, of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 16, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 27W, Line 92 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27W · Line 92
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Motor Vehicle Operator (3531)
- Born
- April 19, 1948
- Home of record
- Harrisburg, Pennsylvania (Dauphin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 16, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date April 16, 1969; four of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 27W, Line 92
- JIMMY DON LESTERSergeant · April 15, 1969
- JERONE JAMES WARNICKWarrant Officer 1 · April 15, 1969
- ROBERT ALLEN YOUNG JRCaptain · April 15, 1969
- JOHN EDWARD BANISTERLance Corporal · April 16, 1969
From Harrisburg
- DONALD RICHARD TAYLORPrivate First Class · February 9, 1964
- MARLIN E MCCAHANCaptain · June 24, 1964
- SAMUEL LEE MCDONALDPrivate First Class · November 15, 1965
- J RANDALL GIPELance Corporal · January 6, 1966
- JOHN JOSEPH PALUSCIOPrivate First Class · January 30, 1966
- ERNST PHILIP KIEFEL JRColonel · February 10, 1966
- BILLY ALBERT THOMPSONSergeant First Class · April 24, 1966
- STANLEY LOUIS HORWITZPrivate First Class · October 21, 1966
- JERRY POTTSCorporal · November 26, 1966
- OWEN FRANCIS NEUMYERSergeant · December 10, 1966
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.