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JAMES ROBERT BECK
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
March 22, 1948 – October 23, 1968
Service recordJames Robert Beck, of Cresson, Pennsylvania, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 23, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 40W, Line 23 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 40W · Line 23
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- March 22, 1948
- Home of record
- Cresson, Pennsylvania (Cambria County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 23, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date October 23, 1968; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 40W, Line 23
- HARVEY BLACKSpecialist Four · October 23, 1968
- DONALD LYNN BROWNSergeant · October 23, 1968
- RAYMOND GORDON CLARKFirst Lieutenant · October 23, 1968
- ROBERT MICHAEL CROSBYSpecialist Four · October 23, 1968
From Cresson
- ROBERT JAMES SHERWOOD JRCorporal · April 3, 1967
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.