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MARTIN ROBERT BECK
Lieutenant Colonel · U.S. Army
August 30, 1925 – July 24, 1969
Service recordMartin Robert Beck, of Gainesville, Florida, served as a Lieutenant Colonel in the U.S. Army. He died on July 24, 1969, in Kien Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 43. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 38 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 38
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
- Lieutenant Colonel (LTC)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- August 30, 1925
- Home of record
- Gainesville, Florida (Alachua County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 24, 1969
- Age
- 43
- Province
- Kien Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date July 24, 1969; seven of them were lost in Kien Tuong Province. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 15 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 20W, Line 38
- FRANCIS M BEVERLYSergeant · July 24, 1969
- EVERETT W BRAUBURGERCorporal · July 24, 1969
- DANIEL LESTER CAREYPrivate First Class · July 24, 1969
- JAMES DALE EARNESTWarrant Officer 1 · July 24, 1969
Same unit, same day
- LOUIS J GENESEOCaptain · Panel 20W, Line 39
From Gainesville
- VERNON THOMAS CARTER JRLance Corporal · December 10, 1965
- NOAH MORRIS KRAFTFirst Lieutenant · March 21, 1966
- JEROME CORDELL WINTERSCaptain · July 25, 1966
- LORENZO COLUMBUS MAULDENPrivate First Class · July 26, 1966
- FREDDIE LEE KLECKLEYPrivate First Class · August 10, 1966
- LINDY EDWARD HENRYStaff Sergeant · April 28, 1967
- JAMES MILTON JEFFERSONLieutenant Colonel · May 12, 1967
- AUBURN DALE MCCOMBPetty Officer Second Class · May 14, 1967
- WESLEY IRA GOSWICKSpecialist Five · May 18, 1967
- JAMES MIKEL RUNNELSAirman · July 29, 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.