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MICHAEL PAUL BECKER
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
October 26, 1948 – June 7, 1968
Service recordMichael Paul Becker, of Omaha, Nebraska, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 7, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 59W, Line 19 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 59W · Line 19
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Unit (as recorded)
- A CO 1 BN 26 MAR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- October 26, 1948
- Home of record
- Omaha, Nebraska (Douglas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 7, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
59 names on the Wall carry the date June 7, 1968; 26 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 59W, Line 19
- ROBERT EUGENE BARNESSpecialist Four · June 7, 1968
- FRANK EDWARD BELCHERSpecialist Four · June 7, 1968
- EDWARD LEWIS BRADFORDLance Corporal · June 7, 1968
- DAVID WATSON BRANTLEYSpecialist Four · June 7, 1968
From Omaha
- WAYNE ELLSWORTH MARCHANDStaff Sergeant · April 8, 1962
- GERALD CHARLES GRIFFINLieutenant · October 6, 1962
- PAUL RICHARD SMITHFirst Lieutenant · July 6, 1963
- HAROLD WILLIAM SHRADERStaff Sergeant · August 9, 1965
- WILLIAM DENNIS PINEGARPrivate First Class · October 6, 1965
- RICHARD RAY BIGLEYLance Corporal · November 22, 1965
- RONALD LEE GERRYPrivate First Class · January 5, 1966
- ALLEN CHARLES BAILEYLance Corporal · March 4, 1966
- MACK ROYAL SANDERSPrivate First Class · May 12, 1966
- RICHARD THOMAS PERRINCaptain · June 27, 1966
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.