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LARRY MONROE BECK
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Marine Corps
April 18, 1944 – January 23, 1969
Service recordLarry Monroe Beck, of Paoli, Oklahoma, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 23, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 34W, Line 63 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34W · Line 63
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
- Second Lieutenant (2NDLT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Officer (I) (0302)
- Born
- April 18, 1944
- Home of record
- Paoli, Oklahoma (Garvin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 23, 1969
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date January 23, 1969; five of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 34W, Line 63
- MARVIN LE ROY ERICKSONPrivate First Class · January 22, 1969
- JOSEPH ANTHONY WILK JRHospitalman · January 22, 1969
- TYRONE MELVIN WRIGHTPrivate First Class · January 22, 1969
- PETER LEONARD ALAGNAPrivate First Class · January 23, 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.