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WILLIAM ARTHUR BEARD
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 10, 1948 – March 8, 1969
Service recordWilliam Arthur Beard, of Plantsville, Connecticut, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 8, 1969, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 30W, Line 71 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30W · Line 71
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 Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- June 10, 1948
- Home of record
- Plantsville, Connecticut (Hartford County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 8, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
73 names on the Wall carry the date March 8, 1969; four of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 174 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 30W, Line 71
- DAVID ROBERT MORGANSergeant · March 7, 1969
- RICHARD LYNN ADCOCKCorporal · March 8, 1969
- ROBERT JOHN BENEDICTPrivate First Class · March 8, 1969
- JEWELL C BLANKENSHIPSergeant · March 8, 1969
Same unit, same day
- DEAN HERBERT JOHNSONStaff Sergeant · Panel 30W, Line 77
- JERRY GLENN ERVINCorporal · Panel 30W, Line 78
- ROY GLENN ZUFELTSpecialist Four · Panel 30W, Line 83
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.