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THOMAS CHESTER BEKIEMPIS
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
February 16, 1947 – March 28, 1967
Service recordThomas Chester Bekiempis, of Bayonne, New Jersey, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 28, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 17E, Line 60 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17E · Line 60
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (1371)
- Unit (as recorded)
- A CO 7 ENG BN 1 MARDIV
- Born
- February 16, 1947
- Home of record
- Bayonne, New Jersey (Hudson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 28, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date March 28, 1967; 17 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “A CO 7 ENG BN 1 MARDIV”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 17E, Line 60
- CURTIS RICHARD BAKERLieutenant · March 28, 1967
- BOBBY JOE BARBERPrivate · March 28, 1967
- DENNIS LEE BERTSCHINGERSpecialist Four · March 28, 1967
- WESLEY CRAIG BRENNOPrivate First Class · March 28, 1967
Same unit, same day
- HOWARD STANLEY STEVENSCorporal · Panel 17E, Line 64
From Bayonne
- MICHAEL DANIEL CHWANCaptain · September 30, 1965
- STANLEY JOHN KOPCINSKILance Corporal · May 14, 1966
- FRANCIS MICHAEL MCGUIREPrivate · March 20, 1967
- VICTOR MANUEL NEGRONAirman First Class · September 19, 1967
- FRANK ANDRISANO JRCorporal · November 19, 1967
- DONALD JOSEPH CRUDENStaff Sergeant · December 27, 1967
- JAMES FRANCIS SOSNOWSKICaptain · February 16, 1968
- JAMES WITTPrivate First Class · March 17, 1968
- WACLAW JOZEF MACZULSKIGunnery Sergeant · March 21, 1968
- DENNIS SMITHPrivate First Class · April 4, 1968
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.