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THEODORE M BEAMON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 24, 1942 – November 23, 1965
Service recordTheodore M Beamon, of Washington, District of Columbia, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 23, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 3E, Line 109 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3E · Line 109
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
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- January 24, 1942
- Home of record
- Washington, District of Columbia (District Of Columbia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 23, 1965
- Age
- 23
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date November 23, 1965. In November 1965, 545 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 318 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3E, Line 109
- FRANCIS EDWARD VISCONTIMajor · November 22, 1965
- RICHARD GALE WICKLance Corporal · November 22, 1965
- JOHN ANTHONY WINKLERSeaman Apprentice · November 22, 1965
- TERRY WINTERMOYERSpecialist Four · November 22, 1965
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD EUGENE GEORGEPrivate First Class · Panel 3E, Line 110
- GUNDER PETER RI GUNDERSONSergeant · Panel 3E, Line 111
- DAVID WILLIAM MICHAELSpecialist Four · Panel 3E, Line 111
From Washington
- HOMER CLEO MCINTYRE JRCaptain · July 28, 1964
- JAMES MARTIN CALEStaff Sergeant · May 16, 1965
- GEZA TEGLASSergeant · October 27, 1965
- LOUIS SHERRODSergeant · November 6, 1965
- LEROY HILLPlatoon Sergeant · November 8, 1965
- CALVIN BOUKNIGHTSpecialist Five · November 16, 1965
- PAUL EDWARD HURDLEStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- HARRY RONALD HOSKINSONSpecialist Four · December 13, 1965
- WILLIE MITCHELL JRAirman First Class · December 20, 1965
- JOHN CLINE STRICKLER JRCaptain · January 20, 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.