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ROBERT MILTON BECK
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 23, 1949 – April 4, 1969
Service recordRobert Milton Beck, of Aniwa, Wisconsin, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 4, 1969, in Phu Yen Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 27W, Line 9 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27W · Line 9
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Light Vehicle Driver (64A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- January 23, 1949
- Home of record
- Aniwa, Wisconsin (Shawano County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 4, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Phu Yen
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date April 4, 1969; he was the only one lost in Phu Yen Province that day. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 15 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27W, Line 9
- GERALD WAYNE CANTRELLSpecialist Four · April 4, 1969
- WALTER WILLIAM CHASECorporal · April 4, 1969
- FELIX M CONDE-FALCONSergeant First Class · April 4, 1969
- JAMES OLIVER DAUGHERTY JRCorporal · April 4, 1969
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.