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JAMES BESCHEN
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
January 1, 1945 – July 19, 1966
Service recordJames Beschen, of Wildwood, New Jersey, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 19, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 9E, Line 35 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9E · Line 35
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Assaultman (0351)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 3 BN 9 MAR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- January 1, 1945
- Home of record
- Wildwood, New Jersey (Cape May County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 19, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
46 names on the Wall carry the date July 19, 1966; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In July 1966, 562 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “3 BN 9 MAR 3 MARDIV”, his unit in the record, lost 4 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9E, Line 35
- JOHN CHARLES THOMASLance Corporal · July 18, 1966
- THOMAS MURRAY WILLIAMSSergeant · July 18, 1966
- HEARNE W BEAVERPrivate First Class · July 19, 1966
- CHARLES RAY MALBROUGHLance Corporal · July 19, 1966
From Wildwood
- DYKE AUGUSTUS SPILMANMajor · September 27, 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.