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HARRY MEDFOR BECKWITH III
Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 18, 1948 – March 24, 1971
Service recordHarry Medfor Beckwith III, of Flint, Michigan, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 24, 1971, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 72 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 72
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 5 INF DIV MECH
- Born
- August 18, 1948
- Home of record
- Flint, Michigan (Genesee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 24, 1971
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date March 24, 1971; 13 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In March 1971, 429 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “5 INF DIV MECH”, his unit in the record, lost 42 of its members that month.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 4W, Line 72
- MANASSEH BROCK WARRENCorporal · March 23, 1971
- DOUGLAS EDWARD AYERSSergeant · March 24, 1971
- CURTIS DEAN BAUERSergeant · March 24, 1971
- DAVID LANGSTON COKER JRCaptain · March 24, 1971
Same unit, same day
- CURTIS DEAN BAUERSergeant · Panel 4W, Line 72
- DAVID LANGSTON COKER JRCaptain · Panel 4W, Line 72
- JEROME DON KLEINPrivate First Class · Panel 4W, Line 73
- WILLIAM F THOMPSON JRSpecialist Four · Panel 4W, Line 74
- ROBERT DANIEL WALTERSPrivate First Class · Panel 4W, Line 75
From Flint
- ROY E STOKESLance Corporal · June 4, 1965
- FRED TOINSSpecialist Four · October 12, 1965
- JAMES LEROY CRAGARStaff Sergeant · October 22, 1965
- DONALD CAMERON MCPHEEGunnery Sergeant · October 24, 1965
- WARDLOW WESLEY PARTEEPrivate First Class · November 12, 1965
- BILLIE NEAL PLUMPrivate First Class · February 26, 1966
- RAYMOND CARL ROBINSONSergeant · March 30, 1966
- DENNIS A DESCOPrivate First Class · April 11, 1966
- JULIAN B WILLOUGHBYStaff Sergeant · April 29, 1966
- JAMES EDWARD DOZIERLance Corporal · August 25, 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.