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RAFAEL EDUARDO BEECHE
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
June 29, 1943 – July 18, 1966
Service recordRafael Eduardo Beeche, of San Diego, California, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 18, 1966, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 9E, Line 31 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9E · Line 31
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Unit (as recorded)
- C CO 1 BN 4 MAR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- June 29, 1943
- Home of record
- San Diego, California (San Diego County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 18, 1966
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date July 18, 1966; he was the only one lost in Thừa Thiên Province that day. In July 1966, 562 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 9E, Line 31
- RICHARD JOSEPH ANASIEWICZPrivate First Class · July 18, 1966
- MICHAEL JOSEPH BANOVEZ JRCorporal · July 18, 1966
- LEWIS CECIL BARNARDSergeant · July 18, 1966
- GARY WILLIAM BARTLOWLance Corporal · July 18, 1966
From San Diego
- STANLEY E TRUESDALEStaff Sergeant · April 12, 1963
- CLARENCE CLEMENT TESSMANCaptain · August 10, 1963
- WILLIAM CLIFTON HOOVERPetty Officer Second Class · June 10, 1965
- VIRGIL WAYNE BARTONLance Corporal · August 21, 1965
- CHARLES JOSEPH SCHARFColonel · October 1, 1965
- KENNETH JOE HAMMONDSpecialist Four · November 22, 1965
- RICHARD EUGENE GEORGEPrivate First Class · November 23, 1965
- GERALD CLYDE LYMANPrivate First Class · February 2, 1966
- JOHN JOSEPH SOLLEYLance Corporal · February 8, 1966
- DONALD D DAUGHERTYStaff Sergeant · April 13, 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.