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SP5 Richard E. Beckwith

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Last name: BECKWITH
First name: RICHARD EARL
Home of Record (official): BUFFALO
State (official): NY
Date of Birth: Tuesday, October 28, 1941
Sex: Male
Race: Caucasian
Marital Status: Single

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Branch: Army
Rank: SP4
Serial Number: 51772101
Component: Selective Service
Pay grade: E4
MOS (Military Occupational Specialty code): 71F20
Major Organization: 1st Logistical Command
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Start of Tour: Monday, February 27, 1967
Date of Casualty: Thursday, February 29, 1968
Age at time of loss: 26
Casualty type: (A1) Hostile, died
Reason: Artillery, rocket, mortar (Ground casualty)
Country: South VietNam
Province: Thua Thien
The Wall: Panel 42E - Row 002

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(3) LASTNAME: BECKWITH FIRSTNAME: RICHARD EARL IDNO: 51772101 SVC: A COMP: Y RANK: SP4 GRADE: E4 MOS: 71F20 AGE: 26 HOME: BUFFALO ST: NY CASDATE: 19680229 CAS1: A1 CAS2: E CAS3: 7 BODY: --- CTRY: VS PROV: 02 LSVC: 01 BIRDATE: 19411028 RACE: C REL: RC MAR: S SEX: M CIT: 1 TOURD: 670227 PANL: 42E LINE: 002 REFNO: 11752 PDATE: 680

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Details:
On the morning of February 29, 1968 SP5 Richard E. Beckwith,SFC Edward J. Kaminski ,and 2LT Victor DiCavallucci were driving to a Marine base when their jeep was ambushed by the Vietcong, just 100 yards from the gates of the base. The Vietcong fired a rocket at their jeep and opened fire with Russian AK 47 rifles, killing all three men in the jeep.

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