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RONALD RALPH BEAMAN
Captain · U.S. Army
August 21, 1941 – June 27, 1969
Service recordRonald Ralph Beaman, of Oildale, California, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on June 27, 1969, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 21 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 21
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
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- August 21, 1941
- Home of record
- Oildale, California (Kern County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 27, 1969
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date June 27, 1969; two of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 5 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 21W, Line 21
- LARRY WAYNE WILLISSergeant · June 26, 1969
- ROBERT KEITH WITTMANPrivate First Class · June 26, 1969
- HAMMETT LEE BOWEN JRStaff Sergeant · June 27, 1969
- WILLIAM CLAYTON HACKETTStaff Sergeant · June 27, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ZDZISLAW BRUNO KADLEWICZSergeant First Class · Panel 21W, Line 23
From Oildale
- LANHAM ODELL BROYLESSpecialist Four · September 30, 1966
- TERRECE EUGENE EDGARLance Corporal · June 3, 1968
- DENNIS RAY WATTERSONStaff Sergeant · January 8, 1971
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.