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JAMES WOODSON BEAMS
Warrant Officer · U.S. Marine Corps
September 26, 1931 – July 27, 1967
Service recordJames Woodson Beams, of Arcadia, Nebraska, served as a Warrant Officer in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 27, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 35. His name is inscribed on Panel 24E, Line 4 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24E · Line 4
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
- Warrant Officer (WO)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Data/Communications Maintenance Officer (Iii) (2805)
- Born
- September 26, 1931
- Home of record
- Arcadia, Nebraska (Valley County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 27, 1967
- Age
- 35
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Heart Related
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date July 27, 1967; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 24E, Line 4
- ANTHONY RUTIGLIANOSpecialist Four · July 26, 1967
- JOSEPH WHITESpecialist Four · July 26, 1967
- WILLIAM LEE AMOSSpecialist Four · July 27, 1967
- WILLIAM ORLAN BAREMajor · July 27, 1967
From Arcadia
- LARRY ALBERT LINDELLPetty Officer Third Class · May 6, 1967
- JOHN ROBERT HAGOODFirst Lieutenant · November 1, 1969
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.