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ROBERT EUGENE BEAUMONT
Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 3, 1948 – February 4, 1969
Service recordRobert Eugene Beaumont, of San Jose, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 4, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 33W, Line 53 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33W · Line 53
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- January 3, 1948
- Home of record
- San Jose, California (Santa Clara County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 4, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date February 4, 1969; two of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 44 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 33W, Line 53
- ROBERT LEE BALLARDPrivate · February 4, 1969
- MICHAEL ALLEN BARNESPrivate First Class · February 4, 1969
- BENJAMIN H BINEGAR JRSpecialist Four · February 4, 1969
- JAMES MARVIN DONSTADPrivate First Class · February 4, 1969
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS JOSEPH GILDOWPrivate First Class · Panel 33W, Line 56
From San Jose
- JOHN WILLIAM IRVING JRFirst Lieutenant · May 8, 1965
- WARREN LESTER ANDERSONCaptain · January 13, 1966
- AUGUSTO MARIA XAVIERFirst Lieutenant · March 10, 1966
- LARRY MICHAEL JORDANLieutenant Commander · April 12, 1966
- RICHARD MICHAEL PATRICKSpecialist Four · May 17, 1966
- GEORGE ALLEN WALDRONPrivate First Class · October 3, 1966
- DALLAS GEORGE GRUNDYPrivate First Class · November 5, 1966
- WILLIAM ALLEN PALENSKEPrivate First Class · November 18, 1966
- RAYMOND BERNAL JRSpecialist Four · November 30, 1966
- WILLIAM DONALD COOK JRSergeant · December 17, 1966
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.