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ROBERT CARL BECKMAN
Captain · U.S. Army
May 18, 1936 – November 11, 1969
Service recordRobert Carl Beckman, of New York, New York, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on November 11, 1969, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 33. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 55 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 55
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
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- May 18, 1936
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 11, 1969
- Age
- 33
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date November 11, 1969; seven of them were lost in Phuoc Long Province. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 11 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 16W, Line 55
- RAUL JOHN VARGASPrivate First Class · November 10, 1969
- PAUL BURNELL WOOLFORDSergeant · November 10, 1969
- FRANKLIN EARL WRIGHTPetty Officer Second Class · November 10, 1969
- ROBERT CHARLES BARRLance Corporal · November 11, 1969
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 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.