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JACK EVAN BEAM
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 15, 1945 – December 21, 1966
Service recordJack Evan Beam, of Union City, Ohio, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on December 21, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 13E, Line 66 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13E · Line 66
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- October 15, 1945
- Home of record
- Union City, Ohio (Darke County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 21, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date December 21, 1966. In December 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 11 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13E, Line 66
- JAMES CARL THOMASLance Corporal · December 20, 1966
- BOBBY LEE WADDELLSergeant · December 20, 1966
- CHARLES HOMER BALLPrivate First Class · December 21, 1966
- EDWARD LEROY BROCKSergeant · December 21, 1966
Same unit, same day
- JAMES FRANCIS WENDOLOWSKISpecialist Four · Panel 13E, Line 70
- RICHARD GENE WORMDAHLSpecialist Four · Panel 13E, Line 70
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.