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THOMAS WILLIAM BEATTY
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
February 12, 1951 – June 12, 1971
Service recordThomas William Beatty, of Bellevue, Michigan, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on June 12, 1971, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 73 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 73
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 Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Heavy Construction Equipment Operator (62E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- February 12, 1951
- Home of record
- Bellevue, Michigan (Eaton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 12, 1971
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
Four names on the Wall carry the date June 12, 1971; he was the only one lost in Hua Nghia Province that day. In June 1971, 181 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 42 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 73
- CARROLL JOE BENTONSergeant · June 12, 1971
- RALPH LEE CHURCHFirst Lieutenant · June 12, 1971
- GARY LEWIS PFLASTERStaff Sergeant · June 12, 1971
- STEVEN JOHN ELLISPrivate First Class · June 13, 1971
From Bellevue
- DAVID MICHAEL POWELLPrivate First Class · May 10, 1968
- CLYDE DAVID LAHRSergeant · June 5, 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.