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ROGER LEROY BEAM
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
June 13, 1940 – January 26, 1968
Service recordRoger Leroy Beam, of Fairoaks, Pennsylvania, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on January 26, 1968, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 35E, Line 36 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35E · Line 36
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- O-1/U-6 Airplane Repairman (67B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- June 13, 1940
- Home of record
- Fairoaks, Pennsylvania (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 26, 1968
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date January 26, 1968; eight of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 110 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 35E, Line 36
- GEORGE RAYMOND WASHINGTONPrivate First Class · January 25, 1968
- LAWRENCE DEAN WILLIAMSSergeant · January 25, 1968
- LAWRENCE CLIFFORD BLOOMSergeant · January 26, 1968
- JOHN ARNOLD BRISCOELance Corporal · January 26, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ALLEN GEIBSpecialist Five · Panel 35E, Line 40
- BYRON CLIFTON LOLLARPrivate First Class · Panel 35E, Line 40
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.