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WILLIAM ARNOLD BECKWITH
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
February 16, 1946 – July 4, 1968
Service recordWilliam Arnold Beckwith, of Eugene, Oregon, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 4, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 53W, Line 11 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 53W · Line 11
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Assaultman (0351)
- Born
- February 16, 1946
- Home of record
- Eugene, Oregon (Lane County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 4, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date July 4, 1968; seven of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 53W, Line 11
- EUGENE LYNN MARKWELLSpecialist Four · July 4, 1968
- DAVID REID NELSONLance Corporal · July 4, 1968
- WALTER JAMES ONEILChief Warrant Officer 2 · July 4, 1968
- LAWRENCE PINALESLance Corporal · July 4, 1968
From Eugene
- JOHN DAVID MUSGROVECaptain · October 4, 1965
- ROBERT S SHRIVER JRSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- ROBERT KNAPP COLLINSCorporal · December 8, 1965
- SELWIN DEROY WISDOMLieutenant Colonel · January 17, 1966
- RONALD ARTHUR HEINTZPetty Officer Second Class · September 22, 1966
- WILLIAM RICHARD ANDREWSLieutenant Colonel · October 5, 1966
- JAMES WARREN CARTWRIGHTSergeant · May 23, 1967
- ARTHUR ALBERT ERWINSpecialist Four · July 10, 1967
- ROBERT HOMER HARDENBROOKStaff Sergeant · August 1, 1967
- RONALD JOSEPH CARTWRIGHTPrivate First Class · October 7, 1967
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.