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RICHARD WILLIAM BEEBE
Captain · U.S. Army
October 19, 1936 – October 8, 1970
Service recordRichard William Beebe, of Liverpool, New York, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on October 8, 1970, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 33. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 118 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 118
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- October 19, 1936
- Home of record
- Liverpool, New York (Onondaga County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 8, 1970
- Age
- 33
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date October 8, 1970; he was the only one lost in Pleiku Province that day. In October 1970, 318 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 11 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 118
- CRAIG MARATTAPrivate · October 7, 1970
- ALBERT ELWOOD METTINGERSergeant First Class · October 7, 1970
- JOE HAROLD MORRISONSpecialist Four · October 7, 1970
- DOUGLAS HAROLD SILVERNAILStaff Sergeant · October 7, 1970
From Liverpool
- ALAN JOHN IMPELITHEREPrivate First Class · November 23, 1967
- JOHN RICHARD HORTONPrivate First Class · March 26, 1968
- DAVID BRUCE ARNOTTPrivate First Class · March 19, 1969
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.