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JEFFREY LEE BEARD
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 29, 1949 – October 5, 1968
Service recordJeffrey Lee Beard, of Fremont, Ohio, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 5, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 41W, Line 9 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 41W · Line 9
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. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Pioneer (12A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- A CO 39 ENG BN 45 ENG GRP 18 ENG BDE
- Born
- October 29, 1949
- Home of record
- Fremont, Ohio (Sandusky County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 5, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date October 5, 1968; two of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 41W, Line 9
- LUIS ALFONSO VELEZ-RIVERASergeant · October 4, 1968
- DANNY WILLIAMSSpecialist Four · October 4, 1968
- JOSEPH ROBERT AJSTERCorporal · October 5, 1968
- JOSEPH CHARLES ARONCESpecialist Four · October 5, 1968
From Fremont
- GARY LEE GABELSergeant · February 2, 1968
- DUANE HAROLD SNYDERSergeant First Class · February 27, 1968
- JAMES ROBERT BURKEPrivate First Class · May 2, 1968
- HARRY LYNNE HUMMELSergeant · June 1, 1968
- KENNARD ERROL SVANOEFirst Lieutenant · June 2, 1969
- ROBERT FLORES JRCorporal · October 10, 1969
- ROBERT OTTO EDERSpecialist Four · November 29, 1969
- RONALD EUGENE YOUNGPrivate First Class · February 24, 1970
- DARRELD EDWARD FISHERStaff Sergeant · April 26, 1970
- JOHN WILLIAM CONRADSpecialist Four · November 14, 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.