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JACK BLAINE BEERS
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
September 17, 1934 – April 7, 1969
Service recordJack Blaine Beers, of Clarksville, Tennessee, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 7, 1969, in Lam Dong Province, South Vietnam, at age 34. His name is inscribed on Panel 27W, Line 28 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27W · Line 28
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 First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- September 17, 1934
- Home of record
- Clarksville, Tennessee (Montgomery County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 7, 1969
- Age
- 34
- Province
- Lam Dong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date April 7, 1969; 11 of them were lost in Lam Dong Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 23 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 27W, Line 28
- ROBERT ANTHONY WOJTYNASpecialist Four · April 6, 1969
- WILLIAM ALLEN JRPrivate First Class · April 7, 1969
- JAMES LEE BARTONPrivate First Class · April 7, 1969
- JOHN ELSEY BATCHELOR JRLance Corporal · April 7, 1969
Same unit, same day
- KENNETH ROBERT BIRDSergeant · Panel 27W, Line 29
- ROBERT MCLAIN COCHRAN JRSpecialist Four · Panel 27W, Line 29
- FLOYD ANDREW DEALSergeant · Panel 27W, Line 29
- TIMOTHY ELDEN DYESpecialist Four · Panel 27W, Line 30
- PETER GODOY JRPrivate First Class · Panel 27W, Line 30
- JOHN TERRY GRAYSpecialist Four · Panel 27W, Line 30
- MICHAEL DANIEL GRIFFISSpecialist Four · Panel 27W, Line 31
- THOMAS VICTOR MITCHELLSergeant · Panel 27W, Line 32
- LARRY MILTON KELLEYSergeant · Panel 27W, Line 33
- LARRY GENE PYLECorporal · Panel 27W, Line 33
From Clarksville
- LAWRENCE WOODSStaff Sergeant · October 24, 1964
- WOODROW WILSON VADENMajor · December 10, 1964
- DONALD HOWARD MEEKSpecialist Five · September 16, 1965
- JAMES DAVID LONGStaff Sergeant · September 30, 1965
- HUGH CAMPBELL GALBRAITHChief Warrant Officer 2 · July 24, 1966
- FRANK LUTHER HUDDLESTONMaster Sergeant · May 17, 1966
- ROBERT DONALD JENKINSPrivate First Class · March 22, 1967
- HAROLD A BEAVERSON JRStaff Sergeant · May 31, 1967
- JOSEPH LYLE FARMERSergeant · December 31, 1967
- DONALD PETER GERVAISMaster Sergeant · May 1, 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.