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SAMUEL PORTER BEAUFORD
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 13, 1944 – May 8, 1968
Service recordSamuel Porter Beauford, of Atlanta, Georgia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 8, 1968, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 56E, Line 35 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 56E · Line 35
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- July 13, 1944
- Home of record
- Atlanta, Georgia (Fulton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 8, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
78 names on the Wall carry the date May 8, 1968; five of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 236 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 56E, Line 35
- JOHN WILLIAM BEZECNYSergeant · May 8, 1968
- ECKHARD GERHARD BRENKERCorporal · May 8, 1968
- ANDRE MAURICE BROOKSPrivate · May 8, 1968
- JOE CARRILLO JRFirst Lieutenant · May 8, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ANDRE MAURICE BROOKSPrivate · Panel 56E, Line 35
- DAVID STEARNS EASTONSpecialist Four · Panel 57E, Line 2
- FREDERICK JARRETTPrivate First Class · Panel 57E, Line 4
- THOMAS JACK LANSDENPrivate First Class · Panel 57E, Line 5
- VICTOR LEE LAYNESpecialist Four · Panel 57E, Line 6
- JAMES DEAN ROYSpecialist Four · Panel 57E, Line 9
From Atlanta
- DAVID NIPPERLance Corporal · November 21, 1964
- JAMES ANTHONY COYAirman First Class · June 11, 1965
- JAMES THARPE BROWN JRPrivate First Class · June 25, 1965
- WESLIE DAVID MEWBORNPetty Officer First Class · September 8, 1964
- DOUGLAS HORACE LEACHSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- RONNIE THOMAS MATHISSergeant · November 17, 1965
- GEORGE S MCHELLONSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- JAMES CARL WISE JRMajor · December 23, 1965
- CLIFFORD THOMAS JOHNSONPrivate · January 29, 1966
- HARVEY LEWIS BOWEN JRPrivate First Class · February 24, 1966
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.