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LARRY CHARLES BEEBE
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 8, 1948 – May 3, 1969
Service recordLarry Charles Beebe, of Erie, Pennsylvania, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 3, 1969, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 26W, Line 105 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26W · Line 105
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- July 8, 1948
- Home of record
- Erie, Pennsylvania (Erie County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 3, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date May 3, 1969; two of them were lost in Định Tường Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 82 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 26W, Line 105
- EDDIE JONES WILLIAMS JRPrivate First Class · May 2, 1969
- THOMAS EARL WILLIAMS JRFirst Lieutenant · May 2, 1969
- ROY LEE ARNOLDSergeant · May 3, 1969
- EDWARD NASUESAK BARRSeaman · May 3, 1969
Same unit, same day
- SILAS LUCAS HICKS JRSpecialist Four · Panel 26W, Line 106
- DAVID ANTHONY LACOURSESergeant · Panel 26W, Line 107
- EARL PATRICK SNOWSpecialist Four · Panel 26W, Line 109
From Erie
- RONALD ROBERT MARTINStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JACK LEE NEIDRICKLance Corporal · March 17, 1966
- LEONARD IRA HENRYSergeant · May 6, 1966
- THOMAS JOSEPH KENNEDY JRCaptain · June 12, 1966
- DAVID WILLIAM HILLPrivate First Class · July 23, 1966
- CLIFTON MARTIN WALTERPrivate First Class · August 23, 1966
- DAVID JOSEPH IGNASIAKPrivate First Class · November 4, 1966
- DONALD ROY OSWALDGunnery Sergeant · December 23, 1966
- FRANK CARL SUVARA JRPrivate First Class · January 14, 1967
- JOSEPH EDWARDSSergeant · January 19, 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.