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JAMES DAVID BEAVERS
Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 23, 1931 – June 6, 1973
Service recordJames David Beavers, of Midfield, Alabama, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 6, 1973, in South Vietnam, at age 41. His name is inscribed on Panel 1W, Line 118 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1W · Line 118
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- November 23, 1931
- Home of record
- Midfield, Alabama (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 6, 1973
- Age
- 41
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
One name on the Wall carry the date June 6, 1973. In June 1973, 8 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 1W, Line 118
- EMME R GALBRETH IICaptain · May 28, 1973
- RICHARD TENNEY GRAYFirst Lieutenant · June 5, 1973
- DAVID VANCE MCLEOD JRMaster Sergeant · June 14, 1973
- FRANCIS ELMORE MEADORFirst Lieutenant · June 14, 1973
From Midfield
- LARRY J BLANKENSHIPCorporal · February 5, 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.