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JOHN PAUL BECKER
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
March 26, 1948 – May 2, 1970
Service recordJohn Paul Becker, of Kenosha, Wisconsin, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 2, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 83 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 83
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- March 26, 1948
- Home of record
- Kenosha, Wisconsin (Kenosha County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 2, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date May 2, 1970; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 26 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11W, Line 83
- RICHARD DENNIS BREWERFirst Lieutenant · May 2, 1970
- FRANK RODRIQUEZ CORONASergeant · May 2, 1970
- HAROLD GLEN CRAFTSergeant · May 2, 1970
- DAVID WINTHROP DASHSergeant First Class · May 2, 1970
Same unit, same day
- CURTIS GAITHERCorporal · Panel 11W, Line 84
- ANDREW JAMES TAYLORSergeant First Class · Panel 11W, Line 88
From Kenosha
- PEKKA TRUNKHAHNSpecialist Four · May 16, 1966
- WILLIAM RAY HILLCaptain · April 16, 1967
- JAMES LEE VANBENDEGOMStaff Sergeant · July 12, 1967
- RAY ARTHUR SCHOLDSpecialist Four · September 3, 1967
- RAYMOND EDWARD MILADINPrivate First Class · November 9, 1967
- RALEIGH L HEWITT IIWarrant Officer 1 · November 14, 1967
- JOEL ALOIS MATUSEKSecond Lieutenant · November 27, 1967
- JAMES E LYNNSergeant First Class · December 15, 1967
- MURRAY WAYNE VANLONE SRStaff Sergeant · January 20, 1968
- GERALD ROBERT ANDERSONSpecialist Four · February 4, 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.