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PERCY BEASLEY JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 18, 1947 – August 25, 1967
Service recordPercy Beasley JR, of Gary, Indiana, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 25, 1967, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 25E, Line 41 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25E · Line 41
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- May 18, 1947
- Home of record
- Gary, Indiana (Lake County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 25, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date August 25, 1967; 12 of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 50 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 25E, Line 41
- DAVID FLOYD ABLEStaff Sergeant · August 25, 1967
- CLAIRE RONALD ALAN BOISPetty Officer Second Class · August 25, 1967
- PAUL DOANE CARAMELLAPrivate First Class · August 25, 1967
- DENZIL MASON CARDER JRPrivate First Class · August 25, 1967
Same unit, same day
- PAUL DOANE CARAMELLAPrivate First Class · Panel 25E, Line 41
- DENZIL MASON CARDER JRPrivate First Class · Panel 25E, Line 41
- CHARLES REGINALD FERRELLPrivate First Class · Panel 25E, Line 42
- ALLEN LEE JACKSONSpecialist Four · Panel 25E, Line 42
- GEORGE LEONARD MILANPrivate · Panel 25E, Line 43
- LARRY JAMES MCDONALDPrivate First Class · Panel 25E, Line 44
- MARK WILLARD NEUMANNSpecialist Four · Panel 25E, Line 44
- CARSON LEO WHALEY JRSpecialist Four · Panel 25E, Line 45
- ELDON WAYNE WILLINGHAMSpecialist Four · Panel 25E, Line 45
From Gary
- JOHN ROBERT ACKERMANPrivate First Class · November 16, 1965
- TOM WILLIE BROWNSergeant · December 4, 1965
- JACK ELSWORTH LOCKEPrivate First Class · January 27, 1966
- ROBERT LOPEZPrivate First Class · March 1, 1966
- JAMES LEE EMMARTPrivate First Class · June 20, 1966
- RICHARD WAYNE MCGEECorporal · July 1, 1966
- VICTOR MORALESPrivate First Class · August 1, 1966
- JOHN PETER SKORO JRFirst Lieutenant · September 13, 1966
- JOHN GREEN DICKERSON IIIPrivate · October 5, 1966
- ANDREW JAMES ROBERTSONPrivate First Class · November 2, 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.