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JAMES MALCOLM BECKNER
Airman First Class · U.S. Air Force
August 30, 1938 – October 16, 1964
Service recordJames Malcolm Beckner, of Buchanan, Virginia, served as an Airman First Class in the U.S. Air Force. He died on October 16, 1964, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 66 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 66
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Airman First Class (A1C)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- August 30, 1938
- Home of record
- Buchanan, Virginia (Botetourt County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 16, 1964
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
One name on the Wall carry the date October 16, 1964; he was the only one lost in Bien Hoa Province that day. In October 1964, 29 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 1E, Line 66
- GARY RONALD RIGGINSCaptain · October 7, 1964
- MANFORD LLOYD KLEIVChief Warrant Officer 3 · October 9, 1964
- GEORGE WILLIS MARTINSergeant First Class · October 11, 1964
- ROBERT JUDE REILLYCaptain · October 11, 1964
From Buchanan
- JOHN EDWIN HILLFirst Lieutenant · April 7, 1970
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.