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LOUIS MARTIN BECKMANN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 24, 1943 – March 17, 1969
Service recordLouis Martin Beckmann, of St Louis, Missouri, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 17, 1969, in Kien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 29W, Line 58 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29W · Line 58
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- June 24, 1943
- Home of record
- St Louis, Missouri (St Louis (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 17, 1969
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Kien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date March 17, 1969; two of them were lost in Kien Hoa Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 78 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 29W, Line 58
- STEVEN RAY ARMITSTEADCaptain · March 17, 1969
- TERENCE EDWARD BARNEYPrivate First Class · March 17, 1969
- HERBERT MICHAEL BEAUMONTLance Corporal · March 17, 1969
- EARL LEE WILSONStaff Sergeant · March 17, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JOSEPH WILLIAM HUDSONCaptain · Panel 29W, Line 61
- EARL THOMAS QUILLENPrivate First Class · Panel 29W, Line 62
- DELMER VIRGIL ASHBROOKSergeant · Panel 29W, Line 65
From St Louis
- EDDIE LOUIS SMITHStaff Sergeant · October 4, 1964
- GERALD ROBERT KEENEYSpecialist Five · December 28, 1964
- HAROLD DALE MEYERKORDLieutenant · March 16, 1965
- GEORGE CRAIG SMITHMajor · April 3, 1965
- TERRY WAYNE MILLSSpecialist Four · April 19, 1965
- DONNIE D EZELLStaff Sergeant · April 24, 1965
- RONALD JOHN WARRENStaff Sergeant · May 28, 1965
- DALE LEROY TOOLOOSEWarrant Officer 1 · September 2, 1965
- JOSEPH L TSCHAMBERSPrivate First Class · September 2, 1965
- ANTHONY ROY HARDIESpecialist Four · October 28, 1965
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.