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A 57th Medical Detachment crew loads a wounded soldier aboard a UH-1D “Dustoff” helicopter.
A 57th Medical Detachment crew loads a wounded soldier aboard a UH-1D “Dustoff” helicopter. Photo: SP4 James B. Egan, U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Howard Eugene Beagle.

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HOWARD EUGENE BEAGLE

Sergeant · U.S. Army

January 31, 1946 – April 10, 1967

Service record

Howard Eugene Beagle, of Glens Falls, New York, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 10, 1967, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 18E, Line 8 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 18E · Line 8

Position of Panel 18E on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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
Drafted (Selective Service)
Occupation
Medical Specialist (91B)
Unit (as recorded)
9 INF DIV
Born
January 31, 1946
Home of record
Glens Falls, New York (Warren County)

Casualty

Date of death
April 10, 1967
Age
21
Province
Long An
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Hostile
Category
Killed in Action
Circumstance
Small Arms Fire

Context · from the records

What was happening

23 names on the Wall carry the date April 10, 1967; five of them were lost in Long An Province. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 73 of its members that month.

Also on Panel 18E, Line 8

Same unit, same day

From Glens Falls

All 12 names from Glens Falls →

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.