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JAMES FRANCIS BECKER
Corporal · U.S. Army
February 21, 1949 – May 30, 1969
Service recordJames Francis Becker, of Phoenix, Arizona, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on May 30, 1969, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 23W, Line 19 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23W · Line 19
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- February 21, 1949
- Home of record
- Phoenix, Arizona (Maricopa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 30, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date May 30, 1969; two of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 29 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 23W, Line 19
- JAMES BERNARD WILLIAMS JRPrivate First Class · May 29, 1969
- CRAIG EDWARD YATESCorporal · May 29, 1969
- GERALD DEAN BELLSergeant · May 30, 1969
- STEVEN EUGENE BROWNPrivate First Class · May 30, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JEROME LISTON COLLINSCorporal · Panel 23W, Line 20
- VIRGIL VERN HAMILTONSergeant · Panel 23W, Line 21
From Phoenix
- DURWARD DEAN GOSNEYMajor · October 7, 1964
- CHARLES ALVA DALEMajor · June 9, 1965
- WILBURN DANIEL FELKINSCorporal · July 30, 1965
- LEE E ANDERSONSergeant · September 19, 1965
- DERRELL BLACKBUR JEFFORDSColonel · December 24, 1965
- JOHNNY HOWARD GODFREYCaptain · January 11, 1966
- GEORGE A HOAGLAND IIIStaff Sergeant · January 29, 1966
- JACK LANDEN HIMESPrivate First Class · February 26, 1966
- ROY JOHN HIGGINS JRCorporal · March 5, 1966
- DARRELL LEE JOHNSONPrivate First Class · March 5, 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.