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JAMES TERRY BEASLEY
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
August 6, 1945 – August 26, 1966
Service recordJames Terry Beasley, of Cantonment, Florida, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 26, 1966, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 10E, Line 45 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10E · Line 45
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
- Supply Administrative Man - Manual Accounting (3041)
- Unit (as recorded)
- HQS CO 3 BN 12 MAR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- August 6, 1945
- Home of record
- Cantonment, Florida (Escambia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 26, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date August 26, 1966; nine of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In August 1966, 501 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 10E, Line 45
- CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS OAKESPrivate First Class · August 25, 1966
- RAYMOND MASSIE THOMPSONSpecialist Four · August 25, 1966
- RONALD LEE WATSONSpecialist Four · August 25, 1966
- JOHN JAMES BLANTONPrivate First Class · August 26, 1966
From Cantonment
- RALPH COLEMANStaff Sergeant · April 11, 1966
- KENNETH HORACE BLACKWELLPrivate First Class · November 12, 1966
- ROBERT EARL WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · February 13, 1968
- DONALD CHARLES MCNACPrivate First Class · March 17, 1968
- HUBERT CHARLES KNIGHTPrivate First Class · May 16, 1968
- JAMES LARRY WARDSergeant · February 7, 1969
- WILLIAM ALLEN JRPrivate First Class · April 7, 1969
- FREDRICK WAYNE SHEFFIELDWarrant Officer 1 · May 13, 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.