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MICHAEL RAY BECK
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
February 24, 1947 – March 28, 1966
Service recordMichael Ray Beck, of Cheyenne, Wyoming, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 28, 1966, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 6E, Line 56 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6E · Line 56
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)
- Born
- February 24, 1947
- Home of record
- Cheyenne, Wyoming (Laramie County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 28, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date March 28, 1966; 12 of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In March 1966, 564 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 6E, Line 56
- RONALD LEMON WAFFORDLance Corporal · August 24, 1965
- EDMUND FRANCIS EDDYPrivate First Class · March 28, 1966
- RONNIE ELMON HALLPrivate First Class · March 28, 1966
- PAUL ELIAS HASSEYPrivate First Class · March 28, 1966
- WILLIAM FRANCIS JOYCEPrivate First Class · March 28, 1966
From Cheyenne
- ROBERT FRED GUTHRIEPetty Officer Third Class · January 31, 1966
- WILLIAM BERTUS ESSLINGERPrivate First Class · June 1, 1967
- LAWRENCE DANIEL TORREZLance Corporal · September 4, 1967
- EDWARD MCNALLYSpecialist Four · January 31, 1968
- FRANK MAXWELL DARLINGPrivate First Class · April 20, 1968
- JOSEPH ANTHONY PADILLASpecialist Four · May 18, 1968
- EDWARD RAYMOND BRAUNPrivate First Class · July 21, 1968
- DENNIS BARRY FARRISPrivate First Class · January 12, 1969
- JOHN WILLIAM KOBELIN IICorporal · March 6, 1969
- ERNEST CLAUDE BALLANDStaff Sergeant · May 25, 1970
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.