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WILLIAM BURDON BEARDSLEY
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 9, 1950 – March 20, 1971
Service recordWilliam Burdon Beardsley, of Bath, Michigan, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 20, 1971, in Kien Giang Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 60 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 60
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Ah-1 Attack Helicopter Repairer (67Y)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- February 9, 1950
- Home of record
- Bath, Michigan (Clinton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 20, 1971
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Kien Giang
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date March 20, 1971; two of them were lost in Kien Giang Province. In March 1971, 429 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 60 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4W, Line 60
- JOHN JACOBSEN CHUBBPrivate First Class · March 20, 1971
- DENNIS THOMAS DARLINGPrivate First Class · March 20, 1971
- WILLIAM EDWARD DILLENDERSergeant · March 20, 1971
- JOHN FRANCIS DUGANCaptain · March 20, 1971
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM EARL ROYALChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 4W, Line 62
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.