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JAMES OTIS BEASLEY
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 22, 1949 – October 7, 1967
Service recordJames Otis Beasley, of Denver, Colorado, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 7, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 27E, Line 63 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27E · Line 63
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- January 22, 1949
- Home of record
- Denver, Colorado (Denver County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 7, 1967
- Age
- 18
- 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 October 7, 1967; five of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 84 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27E, Line 63
- IVAN DALE APPLEBYColonel · October 7, 1967
- EARL DEAN AUWARTERSergeant First Class · October 7, 1967
- RONALD JOSEPH CARTWRIGHTPrivate First Class · October 7, 1967
- CHARLES DAVID EDWARDSSpecialist Four · October 7, 1967
Same unit, same day
- VAUN ANDREWSSergeant · Panel 27E, Line 62
- RONALD JOSEPH CARTWRIGHTPrivate First Class · Panel 27E, Line 63
- JAKE HAROLD VANMETER JRStaff Sergeant · Panel 27E, Line 67
From Denver
- BRIAN KAY SKINNERFirst Lieutenant · December 9, 1964
- MORRIS OLEN MUSICK JRLance Corporal · August 20, 1965
- DUANE WHITNEY MARTINCaptain · September 20, 1965
- JACK BRIAN LEAFPrivate First Class · August 24, 1965
- ERNEST CALVIN KELLYPrivate First Class · January 1, 1966
- FRANKIE LEYBA VARGASPrivate First Class · January 15, 1966
- RADFORD DOUGLAS HOGANSergeant · January 25, 1966
- FRANK SCOT CRISMONLieutenant · December 30, 1964
- ELOY DURANStaff Sergeant · February 14, 1966
- THOMAS WILLIAM STASKOCaptain · February 18, 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.