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WILLIAM EARNEST BEALL JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 30, 1943 – July 18, 1968
Service recordWilliam Earnest Beall JR, of Denver, Colorado, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 18, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 51W, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 51W · Line 5
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Carpentry And Masonry Specialist (51B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- D CO 34 ENG BN USARV
- Born
- October 30, 1943
- Home of record
- Denver, Colorado (Denver County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 18, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date July 18, 1968; five of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “D CO 34 ENG BN USARV”, his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 51W, Line 5
- RAYMOND CONRAD HANIKPrivate First Class · July 18, 1968
- JAMES WALDEN HARRIS JRSpecialist Four · July 18, 1968
- ROBERT CARL HARTLEYPrivate First Class · July 18, 1968
- JAMES GEORGE HILDEBRANDTStaff Sergeant · July 18, 1968
Same unit, same day
- MANUEL ANGEL CASTILLOPrivate First Class · Panel 51W, Line 2
- BILLY LEE COOKSpecialist Five · Panel 51W, Line 3
From Denver
- BRIAN KAY SKINNERFirst Lieutenant · December 9, 1964
- MORRIS OLEN MUSICK JRLance Corporal · August 20, 1965
- DUANE WHITNEY MARTINCaptain · September 20, 1965
- JACK BRIAN LEAFPrivate First Class · August 24, 1965
- ERNEST CALVIN KELLYPrivate First Class · January 1, 1966
- FRANKIE LEYBA VARGASPrivate First Class · January 15, 1966
- RADFORD DOUGLAS HOGANSergeant · January 25, 1966
- FRANK SCOT CRISMONLieutenant · December 30, 1964
- ELOY DURANStaff Sergeant · February 14, 1966
- THOMAS WILLIAM STASKOCaptain · February 18, 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.