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ROBERT LOUIS BEATON
Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 9, 1943 – February 22, 1966
Service recordRobert Louis Beaton, of Mobile, Alabama, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 22, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 5E, Line 59 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5E · Line 59
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- September 9, 1943
- Home of record
- Mobile, Alabama (Mobile County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 22, 1966
- Age
- 22
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date February 22, 1966. In February 1966, 513 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 83 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5E, Line 59
- CLINTON RUSSELL ANDERSONSecond Lieutenant · February 22, 1966
- WILLIAM THOMAS CALLERYPrivate First Class · February 22, 1966
- RICHARD HUGH CASSUBESergeant · February 22, 1966
- BILLY BROWN DAYPrivate · February 22, 1966
Same unit, same day
- CLINTON RUSSELL ANDERSONSecond Lieutenant · Panel 5E, Line 59
- WILLIAM THOMAS CALLERYPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 59
- RICHARD HUGH CASSUBESergeant · Panel 5E, Line 59
- JAMES LEONARD FAINSpecialist Four · Panel 5E, Line 60
- GARY WILLIAM GARISSpecialist Four · Panel 5E, Line 60
- LEO FREDERICK KRUMBINEPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 60
- RALPH ARDEN MAXHAM JRPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 61
- RICARDO JAMES PEREZSergeant · Panel 5E, Line 62
- JOE KENNETH TAYLORSpecialist Four · Panel 5E, Line 62
- CLARENCE WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 63
From Mobile
- ANDREW C MITCHELL IIICaptain · April 8, 1963
- DAVID RUDOLPH DICKENSFirst Sergeant · November 1, 1965
- EDDIE LEE HILL JRCorporal · November 4, 1965
- SHERMAN ELDRIDGE OTISPrivate First Class · November 17, 1965
- NATHANIEL EARL CARTER IIISergeant · November 25, 1965
- ROBERT EDWARD BEXLEYPrivate First Class · January 30, 1966
- JOSEPH EMMETT LILLEYPrivate First Class · May 14, 1966
- JAMES DWIGHT NEWCOMBLance Corporal · July 17, 1966
- TIMOTHY SCOTT DAVIESLance Corporal · July 20, 1966
- ARTHUR BENJAMIN SCARBROUGHPrivate First Class · August 26, 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.