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KENNETH BRYANT BECKMAN
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
October 12, 1948 – January 11, 1970
Service recordKenneth Bryant Beckman, of Shelbyville, Tennessee, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 11, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 24 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 24
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- October 12, 1948
- Home of record
- Shelbyville, Tennessee (Bedford County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 11, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date January 11, 1970; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In January 1970, 529 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 14W, Line 24
- JOHN ALBERT ORDNERPrivate First Class · January 10, 1970
- THOMAS DANIEL TIGHESergeant · January 10, 1970
- JAMES HENRY ZUMBRUNSergeant First Class · January 10, 1970
- GROVER COLEMAN BOWERS JRSpecialist Four · January 11, 1970
From Shelbyville
- CHARLES GILBERT TUCKERCaptain · April 6, 1965
- DONALD RAY STEPHENSONSpecialist Four · May 5, 1968
- HU BLAKEMORE RHODESChief Warrant Officer 3 · May 24, 1968
- JERRY MICHAEL LOVELLSpecialist Four · May 18, 1969
- CHARLES CRAWFORD NAPPERSpecialist Four · November 7, 1969
- LARRY EUGENE MULLINSPrivate First Class · April 1, 1970
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.