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THOMAS JOHN BEYER
Major · U.S. Air Force
March 10, 1941 – July 30, 1968
Service recordThomas John Beyer, of Fargo, North Dakota, served as a Major in the U.S. Air Force. He was lost on July 30, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 50W, Line 34 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 50W · Line 34
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
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 20 TASS DANANG DY CHU LAI
- Born
- March 10, 1941
- Home of record
- Fargo, North Dakota (Cass County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- July 30, 1968
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- First reported
- Missing in action
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date July 30, 1968; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 50W, Line 34
- WILLIAM EDWARD BERZINECLieutenant Colonel · July 30, 1968
- ROY ELDON COOPERStaff Sergeant · July 30, 1968
- JOHN PATRICK DELANEY IIICorporal · July 30, 1968
- CLIFFORD LEON ERVINCorporal · July 30, 1968
From Fargo
- JON ALFRED GREENLEYFirst Lieutenant · January 7, 1966
- GERALD LEE LARSONSpecialist Five · February 5, 1967
- PAUL HARVEY WOLOSPrivate First Class · April 28, 1967
- STEPHEN JOHN EICHELBERGERLance Corporal · May 16, 1967
- MURRAY DEAN VIDLERPrivate First Class · December 19, 1967
- RONALD DALE BONDMajor · March 11, 1968
- DAVID JON NESSETFirst Lieutenant · April 19, 1968
- RICHARD JAMES GAFFANEY JRCorporal · July 13, 1968
- WENDELL RICHARD KELLERColonel · March 1, 1969
- DAVID ARLEN WALDERACaptain · April 2, 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.