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MICHAEL JAMES BECK
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
September 6, 1947 – June 3, 1968
Service recordMichael James Beck, of Greeley, Colorado, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 3, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 61W, Line 20 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 61W · Line 20
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- September 6, 1947
- Home of record
- Greeley, Colorado (Weld County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 3, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
61 names on the Wall carry the date June 3, 1968; eight of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 61W, Line 20
- JAMES EVERRETT BELLFireman · June 3, 1968
- THOMAS NELSON BLADESStaff Sergeant · June 3, 1968
- STEVEN CLARENCE BUSHCorporal · June 3, 1968
- TERRY LOUIS FYOCKSpecialist Four · June 3, 1968
From Greeley
- RICARDO LEON MORENOSergeant · May 29, 1966
- JAMES ALLAN TOOTHAKERHospitalman · August 31, 1966
- LAVERNE WALKERSpecialist Four · April 16, 1967
- ERVIN LEE CONDREAYPrivate First Class · September 17, 1967
- LUCIANO ARIASCorporal · March 25, 1969
- KENNITH MARION SEWARDSpecialist Five · May 27, 1969
- JOHN DAVID INCELance Corporal · June 9, 1969
- THOMAS VINCENT FELDHAUSSpecialist Four · October 21, 1969
- ELDON LYLE SHAPLEYSpecialist Five · October 10, 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.