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ROBERT JAMES BECK
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
November 9, 1949 – September 18, 1968
Service recordRobert James Beck, of Oshkosh, Wisconsin, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 18, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 43W, Line 24 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 43W · Line 24
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Plumbing And Water Supply Specialist (1121)
- Born
- November 9, 1949
- Home of record
- Oshkosh, Wisconsin (Winnebago County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 18, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
42 names on the Wall carry the date September 18, 1968; seven of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 43W, Line 24
- PHILIP EDWARD ZELESKICorporal · September 17, 1968
- RONALD WALTER ZYDELPrivate First Class · September 17, 1968
- LARRY HUGH ALLENSergeant · September 18, 1968
- MICHAEL RICHARD BARTELLSpecialist Four · September 18, 1968
From Oshkosh
- ORLAND ORRIN BEARWALDPrivate First Class · September 8, 1965
- KENNETH BRUCE HAWLEYCorporal · August 12, 1966
- PAUL EDWARD MANSKEPrivate First Class · May 13, 1967
- JAMES THOMAS DOBISHPrivate First Class · May 20, 1967
- DONALD ROY LASTSpecialist Four · July 10, 1967
- JAMES ROBERT FISCHERSergeant · July 23, 1967
- RICHARD ALLEN MEHNEPrivate First Class · November 8, 1967
- JAMES JEROME LINDSergeant · January 5, 1968
- CHRISTIAN ALAN LANGENFELDPrivate First Class · January 27, 1968
- STEVEN LYNN ZOBELLance Corporal · May 21, 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.