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WESLEY BEAVER
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
December 31, 1947 – March 15, 1969
Service recordWesley Beaver, of Flint, Michigan, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on March 15, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 29W, Line 43 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29W · Line 43
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
- Combat Engineer (12B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- December 31, 1947
- Home of record
- Flint, Michigan (Genesee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 15, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date March 15, 1969; eight of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 17 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 29W, Line 43
- DONALD RAY BLEDSOEPrivate First Class · March 15, 1969
- PAUL BONAPARTPrivate · March 15, 1969
- ROBERT WAYNE BOWMANSpecialist Six · March 15, 1969
- FRED EDWARD BROWNStaff Sergeant · March 15, 1969
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM JAMES HILLARD IICorporal · Panel 29W, Line 45
- MICHAEL L PADDOCKCorporal · Panel 29W, Line 47
From Flint
- ROY E STOKESLance Corporal · June 4, 1965
- FRED TOINSSpecialist Four · October 12, 1965
- JAMES LEROY CRAGARStaff Sergeant · October 22, 1965
- DONALD CAMERON MCPHEEGunnery Sergeant · October 24, 1965
- WARDLOW WESLEY PARTEEPrivate First Class · November 12, 1965
- BILLIE NEAL PLUMPrivate First Class · February 26, 1966
- RAYMOND CARL ROBINSONSergeant · March 30, 1966
- DENNIS A DESCOPrivate First Class · April 11, 1966
- JULIAN B WILLOUGHBYStaff Sergeant · April 29, 1966
- JAMES EDWARD DOZIERLance Corporal · August 25, 1966
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.