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WARREN LEE BEACHAM
Corporal · U.S. Army
December 30, 1949 – March 2, 1969
Service recordWarren Lee Beacham, of Washington, North Carolina, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on March 2, 1969, in Phu Yen Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 30W, Line 9 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30W · 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
- Wheeled Tractor Operator (62L)
- Unit (as recorded)
- D CO 577 ENG BN USARV
- Born
- December 30, 1949
- Home of record
- Washington, North Carolina (Beaufort County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 2, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Phu Yen
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date March 2, 1969; he was the only one lost in Phu Yen Province that day. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 30W, Line 9
- DOUGLAS JOSEPH MARKOVICHSpecialist Four · March 1, 1969
- BEN HENRY WILKINS JRSpecialist Five · March 1, 1969
- DENNIS EUGENE WISNIEWSKIPrivate First Class · March 1, 1969
- DONN PETER ZARINASpecialist Four · March 1, 1969
From Washington
- JOSEPH HENRY DOWNING JRStaff Sergeant · February 10, 1968
- GARY HOYT LEARYPrivate First Class · April 14, 1968
- PAUL MARION NANCE JRSergeant · May 1, 1968
- JAMES LEROY BROWNLance Corporal · July 12, 1968
- CARL FREDERICK HODGES JRCorporal · July 24, 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.