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RAYMOND BEAM
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 4, 1944 – September 13, 1968
Service recordRaymond Beam, of Chatsworth, Georgia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 13, 1968, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 44W, Line 45 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 44W · 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. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- February 4, 1944
- Home of record
- Chatsworth, Georgia (Murray County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 13, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
58 names on the Wall carry the date September 13, 1968; he was the only one lost in Pleiku Province that day. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 85 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 44W, Line 45
- STEVEN LEE BECKFirst Lieutenant · September 13, 1968
- FRED ARTHUR BELCHERPrivate First Class · September 13, 1968
- ROBERT JOSEPH BENZSpecialist Four · September 13, 1968
- STEVEN RANDALL BROOKSLance Corporal · September 13, 1968
Same unit, same day
- LARRY LOUIS GAMBOTTOSergeant · Panel 44W, Line 47
- MANUEL GALVAN ORTIZSpecialist Four · Panel 44W, Line 52
- EVERETT ALLEN PLANCKCorporal · Panel 44W, Line 53
From Chatsworth
- ALLEN JAMES CAGLEPrivate First Class · June 25, 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.