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ROBERT CHARLES BECKMAN
Petty Officer Third Class · U.S. Navy
October 19, 1947 – August 19, 1969
Service recordRobert Charles Beckman, of Lapeer, Michigan, served as a Petty Officer Third Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on August 19, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 65 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · Line 65
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Third Class (PO3)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Hospital Corpsman (HM)
- Born
- October 19, 1947
- Home of record
- Lapeer, Michigan (Lapeer County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 19, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
57 names on the Wall carry the date August 19, 1969; 15 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 19W, Line 65
- RODOLFO P ALLAGONEZSpecialist Four · August 19, 1969
- RAYMOND JOHN ASHNAULTSpecialist Four · August 19, 1969
- JAMES RICHARD BOHLIGFirst Lieutenant · August 19, 1969
- JOSE LLAMASCaptain · August 19, 1969
From Lapeer
- THOMAS EDWARD HENDERSHOTTPrivate First Class · May 21, 1967
- TERRY RUSSELL MCCOMBSpecialist Four · June 5, 1967
- GORDON GENE KROPPPrivate First Class · August 5, 1967
- DENNIS ALAN GETTYPrivate First Class · September 6, 1967
- ROBERT ALLEN BLISSETTCorporal · November 30, 1967
- JAMES FREDERICK BAUCOMCorporal · February 28, 1968
- EDWARD LEON WILMERSSergeant · May 17, 1968
- MICHAEL ALLEN BEALSSergeant · July 15, 1968
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.