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MICHAEL ALLEN BEALS
Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 24, 1947 – July 15, 1968
Service recordMichael Allen Beals, of Lapeer, Michigan, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 15, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 52W, Line 35 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 52W · Line 35
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- September 24, 1947
- Home of record
- Lapeer, Michigan (Lapeer County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 15, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date July 15, 1968; two of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 29 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 52W, Line 35
- STEVEN GIACOPPO JRSergeant · July 15, 1968
- CHARLES RAY HENLEYSpecialist Four · July 15, 1968
- ROBERT DAVIS HICKOXCorporal · July 15, 1968
- ROLAND HAYES JENKINSPrivate · July 15, 1968
From Lapeer
- THOMAS EDWARD HENDERSHOTTPrivate First Class · May 21, 1967
- TERRY RUSSELL MCCOMBSpecialist Four · June 5, 1967
- GORDON GENE KROPPPrivate First Class · August 5, 1967
- DENNIS ALAN GETTYPrivate First Class · September 6, 1967
- ROBERT ALLEN BLISSETTCorporal · November 30, 1967
- JAMES FREDERICK BAUCOMCorporal · February 28, 1968
- EDWARD LEON WILMERSSergeant · May 17, 1968
- ROBERT CHARLES BECKMANPetty Officer Third Class · August 19, 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.