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JOHN BERTRAM BECKER
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
February 13, 1946 – August 27, 1968
Service recordJohn Bertram Becker, of Cold Springs-Highland, Kentucky, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 27, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 46W, Line 37 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 46W · Line 37
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- February 13, 1946
- Home of record
- Cold Springs-Highland, Kentucky (Campbell County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 27, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
51 names on the Wall carry the date August 27, 1968; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 46W, Line 37
- MICHAEL NOEL FAHERTYSpecialist Five · July 25, 1968
- JACK ADRIAN BARNHARTPrivate First Class · August 27, 1968
- JOHN STANLEY BAXTERFirst Lieutenant · August 27, 1968
- GERARD FRANCIS BERGINPrivate · August 27, 1968
- BENNY DALE BESSSpecialist Four · August 27, 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.