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JOHN MICHAEL BEYRAND
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 11, 1945 – August 9, 1967
Service recordJohn Michael Beyrand, of Wyano, Pennsylvania, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 9, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 24E, Line 93 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24E · Line 93
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- November 11, 1945
- Home of record
- Wyano, Pennsylvania (Westmoreland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 9, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date August 9, 1967; 12 of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 59 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 24E, Line 93
- JOHN BRADY WALTERSHospitalman · August 8, 1967
- JAMES JOSEPH WEESTLance Corporal · August 8, 1967
- JAMES B WILTSE JRPrivate First Class · August 8, 1967
- ENRIQUE BERMUDEZ-PACHECOPrivate First Class · August 9, 1967
Same unit, same day
- ANDREW CHARLES CONRAD JRSpecialist Five · Panel 24E, Line 94
- JOEL DAVID FENDLEYCorporal · Panel 24E, Line 94
- JOSEPH HARRISONCorporal · Panel 24E, Line 94
- MICHAEL JENNING HOTCHKISSSpecialist Four · Panel 24E, Line 95
- PRENTICE DALE LECLAIRSpecialist Four · Panel 24E, Line 96
- ROBERT JAMES MAXWELLSergeant · Panel 24E, Line 96
- RAY EDWARD MORAN JRSpecialist Four · Panel 24E, Line 96
- CAESAR AUGUSTUS PINTOPrivate First Class · Panel 24E, Line 97
- FRANCIS ALBERT ROCHKESWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 24E, Line 97
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.