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JERRY LEE BECKHAM
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 27, 1947 – May 19, 1967
Service recordJerry Lee Beckham, of Tulsa, Oklahoma, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 19, 1967, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 20E, Line 39 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20E · Line 39
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Aircraft Armament Repairman (45J)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 188 AVN CO 269 AVN BN 12 AVN GRP 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- September 27, 1947
- Home of record
- Tulsa, Oklahoma (Tulsa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 19, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
69 names on the Wall carry the date May 19, 1967; five of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “188 AVN CO 269 AVN BN 12 AVN GRP 1 AVN BDE”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20E, Line 39
- PETER ALBERTPrivate First Class · May 19, 1967
- KENYON ELROY BEANPrivate First Class · May 19, 1967
- MICHAEL ANTHONY BODAMERPetty Officer Third Class · May 19, 1967
- HERBERT L ELLINGTONSpecialist Four · May 19, 1967
- RICHARD KIRK GILLINGHAMCorporal · May 19, 1967
From Tulsa
- JORDEN DUWAYNE FORRESTERSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- MARTIN RONALD SCOTTColonel · March 15, 1966
- JAMES ALLEN DOKESergeant · March 24, 1966
- DAVID LEE CHAPMANPrivate First Class · May 18, 1966
- STANLEY GILBERT COXCaptain · May 18, 1966
- FLOYD WAYNE HAMILTONLance Corporal · May 23, 1966
- WILLIAM ROSS SAVAGEWarrant Officer 1 · June 24, 1966
- ISAIAH HERMAN WILSONPrivate First Class · July 15, 1966
- PAUL WILLIAM JOHNSONCaptain · July 22, 1966
- LEE GRANT JOHNSONLance Corporal · July 30, 1966
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.