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THOMAS KEITH BEAMON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 24, 1946 – April 23, 1968
Service recordThomas Keith Beamon, of South Gate, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 23, 1968, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 51E, Line 36 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 51E · Line 36
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Mechanical Maintenance Helper (63A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- June 24, 1946
- Home of record
- South Gate, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 23, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date April 23, 1968; two of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 110 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 51E, Line 36
- DAVID MIKE BRANCIOSpecialist Four · April 23, 1968
- STANLEY ALLEN BULLISSergeant · April 23, 1968
- MICHAEL CACCIUTTOLOPrivate First Class · April 23, 1968
- MORRIS ELTON CASHSergeant Major · April 23, 1968
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL CACCIUTTOLOPrivate First Class · Panel 51E, Line 36
- MORRIS ELTON CASHSergeant Major · Panel 51E, Line 36
- HARRY LEE SOWELL JRCorporal · Panel 51E, Line 42
From South Gate
- DONALD WESLEY WALTERSSpecialist Four · March 19, 1967
- GARY DEAN MILLERSergeant · March 30, 1967
- JOHN DEE MENDOZASpecialist Four · February 12, 1968
- RONNIE JOE CHARLESStaff Sergeant · March 25, 1968
- DAVID ALLEN WILSONPetty Officer First Class · January 14, 1969
- TERRY MIKEL CONWAYPrivate · October 12, 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.