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WILLIAM RONALD BEASLEY
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
January 16, 1942 – September 25, 1966
Service recordWilliam Ronald Beasley, of Boise, Idaho, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 25, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 12 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11E · Line 12
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Air Observation Pilot (1981)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 281 AVN CO 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- January 16, 1942
- Home of record
- Boise, Idaho (Ada County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 25, 1966
- Age
- 24
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date September 25, 1966. In September 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “281 AVN CO 1 AVN BDE”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11E, Line 12
- STEPHEN ARTHUR ANDERSONLance Corporal · September 25, 1966
- GARY ADRIAN BARNARDPrivate First Class · September 25, 1966
- JOHN JOSEPH BARZANSpecialist Four · September 25, 1966
- PETER ROBERT BOSSMANPetty Officer Third Class · September 25, 1966
Same unit, same day
- LAWRENCE WILLIAMS JRSpecialist Four · Panel 11E, Line 19
From Boise
- JESSE DONALD PHELPSChief Warrant Officer 2 · December 28, 1965
- JERRY DUANE ESTESLance Corporal · February 6, 1966
- CLYDE ARTHUR CROWStaff Sergeant · May 19, 1966
- GARY JACK FOSTERCorporal · June 4, 1966
- BRUCE ROLLA BENNETTPrivate First Class · September 5, 1966
- ROBERT ALLAN POWELLPrivate First Class · September 19, 1966
- LLOYD BRUCE JENSENSpecialist Four · December 12, 1966
- FLOYD GWEN SAVELLSpecialist Four · February 14, 1967
- GEORGE FRANCIS VOLKCaptain · April 21, 1967
- FRANKLIN DAVID ENDICOTTPrivate First Class · September 4, 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.