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SAM FESTIS BEACH JR
Captain · U.S. Air Force
July 4, 1941 – January 17, 1968
Service recordSam Festis Beach JR, of Glendale, Arizona, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He died on January 17, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 34E, Line 61 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34E · Line 61
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 7 AF
- Born
- July 4, 1941
- Home of record
- Glendale, Arizona (Maricopa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 17, 1968
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date January 17, 1968; three of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 34E, Line 61
- JOHN CULLIN WHITESpecialist Four · January 16, 1968
- JOHN HOLGER WRISBERG IIISpecialist Four · January 16, 1968
- JOHN F YOUNGCaptain · January 16, 1968
- HERLEY AYER JRSergeant First Class · January 17, 1968
From Glendale
- EDWIN RAY HIGGINSWarrant Officer 1 · September 13, 1966
- RICHARD WILLIAM STRAHLCorporal · March 2, 1967
- STEPHEN THOMAS HEPNERSecond Lieutenant · May 2, 1967
- JOE EDWARD KINSEYCorporal · December 29, 1967
- MICHAEL RICHARD LUCASSpecialist Four · April 28, 1968
- ALBERT MARTINEZ RIZOCorporal · May 12, 1968
- JAMES LEE KRISELLLance Corporal · May 19, 1968
- JOHN WILLIAM RASMUSSENPrivate First Class · November 7, 1969
- MICHAEL PHILLIP DIMMERSpecialist Five · December 30, 1969
- JOSE ANGEL SANTA CRUZPrivate First Class · February 1, 1970
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.