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JEFFREY RANDOLP BEARDSLEY
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
April 28, 1947 – November 18, 1968
Service recordJeffrey Randolp Beardsley, of York, Pennsylvania, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on November 18, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 38W, Line 6 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 38W · Line 6
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Assaultman (0351)
- Born
- April 28, 1947
- Home of record
- York, Pennsylvania (York County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 18, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date November 18, 1968; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 38W, Line 6
- DAVID EDGAR HOFFERTSpecialist Four · November 17, 1968
- LLOYD KENNETH TURNERStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1968
- DAVID STEPHEN VOLLMERLance Corporal · November 17, 1968
- MICHAEL JOHN CROMIEPrivate First Class · November 18, 1968
From York
- EDGAR WILKEN WEITKAMP JRWarrant Officer 1 · March 23, 1961
- HARRY CHARLES SMITHLance Corporal · December 8, 1965
- RODNEY EUGENE ALTHOFFSpecialist Four · November 4, 1966
- THOMAS EUGENE SAUBLECaptain · March 13, 1967
- WALTER LEROY ALBRIGHTSecond Lieutenant · March 24, 1967
- JOHN STANLEY ALMONEYCorporal · May 3, 1967
- DUAINE KARL FISHERSpecialist Four · May 18, 1967
- WENDELL LEWIS DAYSergeant · August 17, 1967
- LESTER MILTON NESSCorporal · January 27, 1968
- GARY LEE CRONEStaff Sergeant · January 29, 1968
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.