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PATRICK FRANCIS BECK
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 17, 1944 – August 31, 1965
Service recordPatrick Francis Beck, of Kankakee, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 31, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 69 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 69
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- August 17, 1944
- Home of record
- Kankakee, Illinois (Kankakee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 31, 1965
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date August 31, 1965. In August 1965, 179 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 2E, Line 69
- ROBERT MARION CARN JRFirst Lieutenant · August 29, 1965
- TERRY JAMES NEUMEIERCorporal · August 30, 1965
- THOMAS CARL BRONSONPrivate First Class · August 31, 1965
- DANIEL WALTER DUFFYCorporal · August 31, 1965
From Kankakee
- RICHARD CROSBY CLARKSpecialist Four · November 18, 1965
- ROBERT CHARLES JOHNSONPrivate First Class · June 20, 1966
- GENNARO JOSEPH DECARLOCorporal · August 27, 1967
- DEAN PAUL STPIERRECaptain · May 22, 1968
- CHARLES DONALD JONESPetty Officer First Class · February 19, 1969
- NELSON LEPORT HORCHEM JRSpecialist Four · March 30, 1969
- PHILIP MICHAEL WERBISKIMajor · August 19, 1969
- EDDIE SAM RANDALL JRSpecialist Four · March 15, 1970
- JIMMY ODENEALPrivate First Class · March 12, 1971
- JEROME EDWARD LEROYSpecialist Four · March 22, 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.