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RICHARD JAMES BECK
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 16, 1945 – August 4, 1968
Service recordRichard James Beck, of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 4, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 49W, Line 7 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 49W · Line 7
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 82 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- December 16, 1945
- Home of record
- Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (Allegheny County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 4, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date August 4, 1968; he was the only one lost in Thừa Thiên Province that day. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 82nd Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 24 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 49W, Line 7
- DON RAY BACHELORCorporal · August 4, 1968
- EUGENE MELVIN BARNETTSpecialist Four · August 4, 1968
- HENRY MCDONALD BRUCEGunnery Sergeant · August 4, 1968
- ANTHONY JOHN EDWARDSPrivate · August 4, 1968
From Pittsburgh
- CLEVELAND WILLIAM GORDONMajor · January 7, 1964
- THEODORE ALAN WINOWITCHPrivate First Class · December 30, 1964
- CHARLES FREDRICK CLYDESDALELieutenant (junior grade) · March 15, 1965
- WILLIAM DONAVAN BENNINGStaff Sergeant · May 11, 1965
- FRANK HUFFORD BLANKSergeant · August 18, 1965
- JOHN L JEMISONPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- FRANK JOSEPH NADANY JRSergeant First Class · October 31, 1965
- RUSSELL EARL HAMMONDSergeant First Class · November 5, 1965
- HARRY FRANCIS JEDRZEJEWSKIPlatoon Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- RONALD JOSEPH LOERLEINSergeant · November 25, 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.