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MICHAEL HUGH BEAVER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 20, 1948 – December 29, 1969
Service recordMichael Hugh Beaver, of Ottumwa, Iowa, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on December 29, 1969, in Phu Yen Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 106 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 106
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Bridge Crewmember (12C)
- Born
- February 20, 1948
- Home of record
- Ottumwa, Iowa (Wapello County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 29, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Phu Yen
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date December 29, 1969; he was the only one lost in Phu Yen Province that day. In December 1969, 509 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 106
- RANDALL KEITH TETERCorporal · December 28, 1969
- TERRY ALLEN THORNTONCorporal · December 28, 1969
- RICHARD DAVID WALSHStaff Sergeant · December 28, 1969
- MICHAEL JOSEPH DINDASpecialist Four · December 29, 1969
From Ottumwa
- KENNETH A MALLONEESpecialist Five · October 3, 1966
- DAVID LEROY PARISHSpecialist Four · March 15, 1967
- TERRY ROBERTSPrivate First Class · December 20, 1967
- PAUL DAVID EKARTPetty Officer Third Class · January 26, 1968
- JOHN FRANCIS LINKSergeant · March 30, 1968
- LARRY DEAN BLEYTHINGSpecialist Four · April 18, 1969
- TERRY VERNON MILLERCorporal · May 29, 1969
- RUSSELL CRAIG SCULLYPrivate First Class · September 1, 1970
- DUANE ALLAN COTTRELLSpecialist Four · September 23, 1971
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.