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RICHARD JAMES BECK JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 19, 1947 – May 14, 1968
Service recordRichard James Beck JR, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 14, 1968, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 60E, Line 8 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 60E · Line 8
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- May 19, 1947
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 14, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date May 14, 1968; seven of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 236 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 60E, Line 8
- JON ALLEN BAKERCorporal · May 14, 1968
- THOMAS A BARRETTSpecialist Four · May 14, 1968
- SEYMOUR R BASSMajor · May 14, 1968
- DALE L BLUMECorporal · May 14, 1968
Same unit, same day
- EDWARD DAVID CROWSergeant · Panel 60E, Line 9
- ROBERT RALPH HAMMERPrivate First Class · Panel 60E, Line 11
- GEORGE LINWOOD MUNDY JRSergeant · Panel 60E, Line 15
- STEPHEN ROLLEY POWELLCorporal · Panel 60E, Line 16
- KENNETH DEAN RYNNINGSergeant · Panel 60E, Line 16
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 1965
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.