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HOWARD JOHN BECKER JR
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
August 6, 1947 – July 15, 1971
Service recordHoward John Becker JR, of Des Plaines, Illinois, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 15, 1971, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 107 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 107
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Armored Reconnaissance Unit Commander (1204)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- August 6, 1947
- Home of record
- Des Plaines, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 15, 1971
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date July 15, 1971; two of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In July 1971, 118 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 16 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 107
- MICHAEL WATKINSPrivate · July 12, 1971
- ROY DEAN RUSSELLSergeant · July 13, 1971
- WILLIAM RANDALL ROBISONSpecialist Four · July 14, 1971
- STEPHEN ANDREW BEDNARSpecialist Four · July 15, 1971
Same unit, same day
- STEPHEN ANDREW BEDNARSpecialist Four · Panel 3W, Line 107
- TED JAMES TAYLORCaptain · Panel 3W, Line 108
From Des Plaines
- LEONARD J LEWANDOWSKI JRSergeant · October 19, 1966
- JAMES THOMAS RENZPrivate First Class · December 29, 1966
- ROBERT EDWIN MATSONSpecialist Four · January 21, 1967
- MICHAEL STEVEN BRYANTPrivate First Class · January 27, 1967
- RALPH LAURENCE CARLOCKMajor · March 4, 1967
- JAMES MILTON ALBRIGHTLieutenant · March 10, 1967
- DONALD EDWARD WALTERS JRPrivate First Class · May 22, 1967
- JAMES T DONAHUE JRWarrant Officer 1 · September 22, 1967
- THOMAS PATRICK KLAUSINGPrivate First Class · April 28, 1968
- BRIAN JEFFREY CANNADAPrivate First Class · May 6, 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.