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IRWIN BEYDA
Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 21, 1949 – February 28, 1969
Service recordIrwin Beyda, of Miami, Florida, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 28, 1969, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 31W, Line 88 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31W · Line 88
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Ordnance Supply And Part Specialist (76D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- June 21, 1949
- Home of record
- Miami, Florida (Dade County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 28, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
57 names on the Wall carry the date February 28, 1969; four of them were lost in Định Tường Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 85 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 31W, Line 88
- DONALD LEE BLANKENSHIPMaster Sergeant · February 28, 1969
- WILLIAM JOSEPH BRENCICHLance Corporal · February 28, 1969
- CHARLES BROWNSpecialist Four · February 28, 1969
- ROBERT DARRELL CALHOUNLance Corporal · February 28, 1969
Same unit, same day
- RONALD JOSEPH ALLENPrivate First Class · Panel 31W, Line 87
- JOSE CRESPOPrivate First Class · Panel 31W, Line 90
- BURT JOSEPH MEYER JRSpecialist Four · Panel 31W, Line 95
- STEVE MIRICK JRPrivate · Panel 31W, Line 95
- JOE BEN STUART JRPrivate First Class · Panel 31W, Line 96
From Miami
- LOUIS ANTHONY CARRICARTESecond Lieutenant · December 12, 1963
- RANDOLPH CHESTER HOLDERLance Corporal · May 28, 1965
- ALBERT FRED ROBERTSStaff Sergeant · June 18, 1965
- ROBERT WILLIAM REAGANChief Warrant Officer 2 · September 9, 1965
- SAM MICHAEL SAVAS JRMajor · October 12, 1965
- JEFFRY LETSON KOCKRITZSergeant · October 28, 1965
- RONALD HAROLD LUKEPrivate First Class · November 4, 1965
- OSVALDO AMODIASSergeant · November 17, 1965
- JERRY NELSON HUGHESPrivate First Class · January 10, 1966
- LEON BOYD SMITH IICaptain · January 12, 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.