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TYSON VANCE BEALL
Corporal · U.S. Army
January 20, 1948 – May 6, 1969
Service recordTyson Vance Beall, of Napa, California, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on May 6, 1969, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 25W, Line 9 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25W · Line 9
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- January 20, 1948
- Home of record
- Napa, California (Napa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 6, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date May 6, 1969; five of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 120 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 25W, Line 9
- OLIVER ADRIAN BEST JRFirst Lieutenant · May 6, 1969
- NORMAN KARL BILLIPPMajor · May 6, 1969
- JAMES ALLEN BLAINSpecialist Four · May 6, 1969
- JOHN OTTO BOWMANSergeant · May 6, 1969
Same unit, same day
- OLIVER ADRIAN BEST JRFirst Lieutenant · Panel 25W, Line 9
- JAMES ALLEN BLAINSpecialist Four · Panel 25W, Line 9
- JOHN OTTO BOWMANSergeant · Panel 25W, Line 9
- RICHARD JOHN DALEYPrivate First Class · Panel 25W, Line 10
- PAUL JOHN KRONTHALERPrivate First Class · Panel 25W, Line 12
- RICHARD M LUCKENBACH JRSergeant · Panel 25W, Line 12
- JACKIE RAY MCKENZIECorporal · Panel 25W, Line 12
- WILLIAM LODI NEGRINICorporal · Panel 25W, Line 13
- FRUTO JAMES OQUENDOSergeant · Panel 25W, Line 13
- GILBERT GONZALES PALACIOSergeant · Panel 25W, Line 14
- FOSTER LEE SONNIERSpecialist Four · Panel 25W, Line 14
- JOSE SOTO-CONCEPCIONSpecialist Four · Panel 25W, Line 15
- JOSEPH WOODARDCaptain · Panel 25W, Line 15
From Napa
- JACK DANIEL LANELLISpecialist Five · August 31, 1965
- EDWARD WARREN WOODRUFFPrivate First Class · November 19, 1966
- GARY WAYNE RODRIGUESSpecialist Four · May 5, 1967
- RICKY ALAN MYERSPrivate First Class · January 29, 1968
- PATRICK DALE MORIARTYChief Petty Officer · March 9, 1968
- ARNOLD JAY FERRARIStaff Sergeant · March 31, 1968
- STEVEN GARY HICKSSpecialist Four · May 22, 1968
- MICHAEL ROY CLASENPetty Officer Third Class · August 25, 1968
- ROBERT LEE COONRODPrivate First Class · August 28, 1968
- ROBERT HENRY BUEHLERPrivate First Class · September 22, 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.