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WILLIAM DALE BEESON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 11, 1948 – November 26, 1968
Service recordWilliam Dale Beeson, of Gary, Indiana, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 26, 1968, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 38W, Line 64 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 38W · Line 64
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- August 11, 1948
- Home of record
- Gary, Indiana (Lake County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 26, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date November 26, 1968; four of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 96 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 38W, Line 64
- JOHN STEPHEN ALLING JRSpecialist Four · November 26, 1968
- STEPHEN CARL BEALSFirst Lieutenant · November 26, 1968
- JAMES JOSEPH BUONAIUTOSpecialist Four · November 26, 1968
- LLOYD ALLEN CHESSCorporal · November 26, 1968
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES DENNISPrivate First Class · Panel 38W, Line 65
- LAWRENCE GEORGE KOCHSpecialist Four · Panel 38W, Line 67
- GEORGE ARTHUR SHAVIESSpecialist Four · Panel 38W, Line 69
From Gary
- JOHN ROBERT ACKERMANPrivate First Class · November 16, 1965
- TOM WILLIE BROWNSergeant · December 4, 1965
- JACK ELSWORTH LOCKEPrivate First Class · January 27, 1966
- ROBERT LOPEZPrivate First Class · March 1, 1966
- JAMES LEE EMMARTPrivate First Class · June 20, 1966
- RICHARD WAYNE MCGEECorporal · July 1, 1966
- VICTOR MORALESPrivate First Class · August 1, 1966
- JOHN PETER SKORO JRFirst Lieutenant · September 13, 1966
- JOHN GREEN DICKERSON IIIPrivate · October 5, 1966
- ANDREW JAMES ROBERTSONPrivate First Class · November 2, 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.