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JERRY RAY BEEBE
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 20, 1946 – July 6, 1967
Service recordJerry Ray Beebe, of Brainerd, Minnesota, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 6, 1967, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 23E, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23E · Line 16
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- October 20, 1946
- Home of record
- Brainerd, Minnesota (Crow Wing County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 6, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date July 6, 1967; he was the only one lost in Bình Dương Province that day. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 76 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23E, Line 16
- LEONARD JOSEPH TAGLIEBERLance Corporal · July 5, 1967
- NORMAN EUGENE TREESTSpecialist Four · July 5, 1967
- FRANK BROWN WESTERFIELDSecond Lieutenant · July 5, 1967
- JOSEPH WILLIAM BARILLOCorporal · July 6, 1967
From Brainerd
- RICHARD ALFRED UNGERECHTCorporal · May 19, 1966
- ARTHUR JOSEPH TURNERCorporal · February 27, 1967
- KENNETH LEE WITTPrivate First Class · November 16, 1967
- DANIEL JOSEPH MURPHYPetty Officer Third Class · August 30, 1968
- JAMES JAY HOCHSTETTERSpecialist Four · June 23, 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.