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ROBERT ALLEN BEAVERS
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
September 5, 1950 – August 28, 1971
Service recordRobert Allen Beavers, of Dallas, Texas, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on August 28, 1971, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 4 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 4
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 Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Observation/Scout Helicopter Repairer (67V)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- September 5, 1950
- Home of record
- Dallas, Texas (Dallas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 28, 1971
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date August 28, 1971; he was the only one lost in Phuoc Long Province that day. In August 1971, 116 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 4 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 4
- WILLARD J BOUCHARD JRPrivate · August 28, 1971
- FRANK LEON BROWNINGPrivate · August 28, 1971
- DENNIS BUCKLEWWarrant Officer 1 · August 28, 1971
- STEPHEN LOUIS GARISpecialist Four · August 28, 1971
From Dallas
- GLENN MATTESONSecond Lieutenant · March 23, 1961
- CONDON HUNTER TERRYCaptain · June 27, 1963
- ROBERT DONALD WALKERCaptain · April 19, 1965
- LESLIE GENE KINGLieutenant Colonel · August 1, 1965
- DAVID JOHN THOMASCorporal · August 18, 1965
- TED WAYNE QUALLSLance Corporal · August 31, 1965
- GEORGE A WESTMaster Sergeant · September 17, 1965
- JAMES LOUIS FISHERPlatoon Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JOSEPH CLINTON BRADYPrivate First Class · December 13, 1965
- RONALD GENE MCKINNEYSeaman · December 17, 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.