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ROBERT BOUGHTON BEALE
Captain · U.S. Marine Corps
March 11, 1939 – March 17, 1967
Service recordRobert Boughton Beale, of Orchard Park, New York, served as a Captain in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 17, 1967, offshore, South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 16E, Line 99 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16E · Line 99
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Pilot Vme (Jet) (7333)
- Born
- March 11, 1939
- Home of record
- Orchard Park, New York (Erie County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 17, 1967
- Age
- 28
- Province
- Offshore
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date March 17, 1967. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 16E, Line 99
- GEORGE AGUIRRECorporal · March 17, 1967
- ANDREW ALBERT ALDERMANPetty Officer Third Class · March 17, 1967
- LAWRENCE WILLIAM BARISICPrivate · March 17, 1967
- JAMES MILES BRANDON JRPrivate First Class · March 17, 1967
From Orchard Park
- DOUGLAS ALLEN HENNINGPrivate · July 17, 1968
- GARY RAY TOWNSENDLance Corporal · September 30, 1968
- SHERMAN BOCHNEWETCH IIFirst Lieutenant · February 28, 1970
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.