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JAMES FRANCIS BEAN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 5, 1946 – July 21, 1967
Service recordJames Francis Bean, of Garland, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 21, 1967, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 23E, Line 98 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23E · Line 98
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- October 5, 1946
- Home of record
- Garland, Texas (Dallas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 21, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
50 names on the Wall carry the date July 21, 1967; 13 of them were lost in Long Khanh Province. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 21 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23E, Line 98
- RICHARD FREEMAN COLEMANPrivate First Class · July 21, 1967
- OCIE DANIEL COOLEYPrivate First Class · July 21, 1967
- ROOSEVELT C CURLEY JRPrivate First Class · July 21, 1967
- LAWRENCE MICHAEL DAWSONSpecialist Four · July 21, 1967
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM FORMAN ABERNETHYCaptain · Panel 23E, Line 96
- JOHN JOSEPH CAMPAPrivate First Class · Panel 23E, Line 97
- ROOSEVELT C CURLEY JRPrivate First Class · Panel 23E, Line 98
- LAWRENCE MICHAEL DAWSONSpecialist Four · Panel 23E, Line 98
- GEORGE FOSTERPrivate First Class · Panel 23E, Line 100
- THOMAS FRANCIS GANIONPrivate · Panel 23E, Line 100
- DOUGLAS WAYNE HILLPrivate First Class · Panel 23E, Line 100
- FRANK DANIEL LEALPrivate First Class · Panel 23E, Line 101
- GARY ALFRED MCLENNANPrivate First Class · Panel 23E, Line 102
- BILLY GENE RODGERSPrivate First Class · Panel 23E, Line 104
- RICHARD JAMES SCHUTZSpecialist Four · Panel 23E, Line 104
- PONDER RAY SIMSFirst Lieutenant · Panel 23E, Line 104
- JAMES LEMAR WHITFIELDPrivate First Class · Panel 23E, Line 106
From Garland
- VIRGIL LYNN STEPHENLance Corporal · July 19, 1965
- DANIEL GORDON ROGERSPrivate First Class · February 13, 1966
- DAVID KEITH MONEACHICorporal · April 16, 1967
- STERLING CRAIG HENDRICKSPrivate First Class · April 19, 1967
- TOMMIE VAUGHN WHITEPrivate First Class · July 2, 1967
- EVERETT LEE MAXWELLPrivate First Class · November 18, 1967
- ASHLAND FREDERICK BURCHWELLFirst Lieutenant · February 19, 1968
- LARRY DOUGLAS NEASBITTSergeant · February 20, 1968
- WILBUR LOVING MINTER JRLance Corporal · March 14, 1968
- MICHAEL DENNIS MUSECorporal · August 16, 1969
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.