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ROY CLAUDE BEASLEY
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 20, 1948 – January 25, 1970
Service recordRoy Claude Beasley, of Bellevue, Ohio, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 25, 1970, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 64 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 64
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- June 20, 1948
- Home of record
- Bellevue, Ohio (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 25, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date January 25, 1970; three of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In January 1970, 529 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 22 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14W, Line 64
- ALAN LEE BRACKENCorporal · January 25, 1970
- NORMAN ROY EVERETTSpecialist Five · January 25, 1970
- KENNETH FRIERSONPrivate First Class · January 25, 1970
- BENJAMIN GARCIACorporal · January 25, 1970
Same unit, same day
- BARRY VORRATH HOPPERSpecialist Four · Panel 14W, Line 65
- DUANE JOSEPH MARHEFKASergeant · Panel 14W, Line 66
From Bellevue
- CHARLES EMMETT FREDERICKPrivate First Class · January 31, 1966
- WILLIAM RICHARD DUMASPrivate First Class · January 29, 1967
- TERRENCE JOSEPH KUDROPrivate First Class · August 30, 1967
- WILLIAM JOSEPH WEIDINGERSergeant · March 20, 1968
- THOMAS GEORGE IDLEPrivate First Class · May 2, 1968
- RONALD LEE SHAVERPetty Officer Third Class · June 22, 1968
- JESSIE JEROME GARRARDCorporal · June 26, 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.