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JOHNNIE HAROLD BEASLEY
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
January 19, 1950 – May 5, 1968
Service recordJohnnie Harold Beasley, of Lakeland, Florida, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 5, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 55E, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 55E · Line 2
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- January 19, 1950
- Home of record
- Lakeland, Florida (Polk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 5, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
189 names on the Wall carry the date May 5, 1968; 36 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 55E, Line 2
- ELROY EUGENE BEIERSergeant · May 5, 1968
- DAVID LEE BLATTELChief Warrant Officer 2 · May 5, 1968
- DANIEL JOHN BLOMFELTPrivate First Class · May 5, 1968
- WILLIAM DENNI BREIGHTMYERPrivate First Class · May 5, 1968
From Lakeland
- DONALD FREDERICK WEINMANSergeant · January 13, 1966
- DORSE RIGGSStaff Sergeant · March 30, 1966
- KENNETH RAY TEMPLESCorporal · June 19, 1966
- JAMES ROY PEARSONSergeant · November 4, 1966
- JOHN ANDREW SCHOLLARDPrivate First Class · January 9, 1967
- ISUM MERRILL WALKERCorporal · April 10, 1967
- JAMES HARRELL WALLERSergeant · May 13, 1967
- WILLIE GENE DYERCorporal · June 3, 1967
- CHARLES FREDERICK BUFFPrivate First Class · June 6, 1967
- CHARLES R PITTSFirst Lieutenant · November 26, 1967
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.