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PHILIP ARTHUR BEASLEY
Hospitalman · U.S. Navy
February 2, 1946 – September 30, 1968
Service recordPhilip Arthur Beasley, of Boise, Idaho, served as a Hospitalman in the U.S. Navy. He died on September 30, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 42W, Line 45 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 42W · Line 45
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. Navy
- Rank
- Hospitalman (HN)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Hospital Corpsman (HM)
- Born
- February 2, 1946
- Home of record
- Boise, Idaho (Ada County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 30, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date September 30, 1968; seven of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 42W, Line 45
- GENE ALLEN LAUERTechnical Sergeant · September 24, 1968
- PHILIP SEAN BANCROFTCorporal · September 30, 1968
- ROBERT JAMES BARRYPrivate First Class · September 30, 1968
- BOBBY JAMES BROWNStaff Sergeant · September 30, 1968
- SAMUEL MCARTHUR CAVINSCorporal · September 30, 1968
From Boise
- JESSE DONALD PHELPSChief Warrant Officer 2 · December 28, 1965
- JERRY DUANE ESTESLance Corporal · February 6, 1966
- CLYDE ARTHUR CROWStaff Sergeant · May 19, 1966
- GARY JACK FOSTERCorporal · June 4, 1966
- BRUCE ROLLA BENNETTPrivate First Class · September 5, 1966
- ROBERT ALLAN POWELLPrivate First Class · September 19, 1966
- WILLIAM RONALD BEASLEYFirst Lieutenant · September 25, 1966
- LLOYD BRUCE JENSENSpecialist Four · December 12, 1966
- FLOYD GWEN SAVELLSpecialist Four · February 14, 1967
- GEORGE FRANCIS VOLKCaptain · April 21, 1967
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.