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JOHN ROBERT BECK
Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
April 27, 1944 – August 30, 1968
Service recordJohn Robert Beck, of Goshen, New York, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 30, 1968, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 45W, Line 4 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 45W · Line 4
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Explosive Ordnance Disposal Technician (2336)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 3 MAF
- Born
- April 27, 1944
- Home of record
- Goshen, New York (Orange County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 30, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date August 30, 1968; three of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 45W, Line 4
- TERRY DANE SMOCKCorporal · August 29, 1968
- JAMES COLON BAXTERSergeant · August 30, 1968
- DANNY LEE BITNERCorporal · August 30, 1968
- THOMAS BURKE BUSHSpecialist Four · August 30, 1968
From Goshen
- ALAN WAYNE ANDREWSSpecialist Four · March 22, 1967
- JAMES JOSEPH HEFNERPrivate First Class · August 19, 1968
- HERBERT JAMES WISHERSpecialist Four · October 12, 1968
- DAVID SEELEY PELLEWStaff Sergeant · March 18, 1969
- JOHN EDWARD HUESTISSecond Lieutenant · May 22, 1969
- PETER LYNCHSpecialist Four · June 11, 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.