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JOHN WESLEY BECKETT
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Army
June 22, 1946 – January 2, 1968
Service recordJohn Wesley Beckett, of Albuquerque, New Mexico, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 2, 1968, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 33E, Line 15 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33E · Line 15
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
- Second Lieutenant (2LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- June 22, 1946
- Home of record
- Albuquerque, New Mexico (Bernalillo County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 2, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
49 names on the Wall carry the date January 2, 1968; 22 of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 169 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 33E, Line 15
- PHILIP ALLISON TINGLEY JRPrivate First Class · January 1, 1968
- FRANK VELAZQUEZCaptain · January 1, 1968
- RONNIE EDSEL BALLARDPrivate First Class · January 2, 1968
- THOMAS G BERNARDYSpecialist Four · January 2, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RONNIE EDSEL BALLARDPrivate First Class · Panel 33E, Line 15
- THOMAS G BERNARDYSpecialist Four · Panel 33E, Line 15
- ROBERT EUGENE BOWMANSergeant · Panel 33E, Line 16
- HOUSTON CLIFFORD BOX JRPrivate First Class · Panel 33E, Line 16
- KENNETH BRAXTON CARPENTERSergeant · Panel 33E, Line 17
- ENNIS EUGENE CROWSpecialist Four · Panel 33E, Line 17
- FRED CLINTON DUBOSE IIIStaff Sergeant · Panel 33E, Line 17
- ELDON GARAMILLOSpecialist Four · Panel 33E, Line 18
- JACK WAYNE MILLERPrivate First Class · Panel 33E, Line 20
- JAMES WILLIAM MCCAFFREYSpecialist Four · Panel 33E, Line 21
- WILLIE PETTY JRPrivate First Class · Panel 33E, Line 21
- SAMUEL RIVERA-FERNANDEZPrivate First Class · Panel 33E, Line 22
- RALPH LEE ROTTERPrivate First Class · Panel 33E, Line 22
- DAVID RONALD SMITHSpecialist Four · Panel 33E, Line 23
- ODELL STOKES JRPrivate First Class · Panel 33E, Line 23
- ALTON LAMOTTE WATKINS JRCorporal · Panel 33E, Line 23
- ABLE CROOM STROUD IIICorporal · Panel 33E, Line 24
- VICTOR DAVID TOMCZYKPrivate First Class · Panel 33E, Line 24
- BOBBY JOE WINKLERCorporal · Panel 33E, Line 25
From Albuquerque
- RICHARD ELMER HAMILTONSergeant · October 6, 1962
- RICHARD EUGENE HEISTERFirst Lieutenant · June 2, 1965
- DONALD CHARLES PATCHCaptain · October 2, 1965
- LON M FLETCHERPrivate · October 5, 1965
- PEDRO PADILLASergeant · March 28, 1966
- WILLIAM LEROY WALTONPrivate First Class · April 25, 1966
- GEORGE DAYTON ADAMSSergeant · April 26, 1966
- JACOB HENRY FOWNERPrivate First Class · May 2, 1966
- JUAN DIEGO SANCHEZPrivate First Class · July 22, 1966
- BENNY SENAPrivate First Class · July 25, 1966
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.