Rank: Specialist 4
Unit: Headquarters & Headquarters Troop, 2nd Squadron, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment
MOS: 11D – Armor Reconnaissance Specialist
Awards: Bronze Star Medal, Purple Heart Medal, Army Good Conduct Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Vietnam Service Medal, Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal
Badges: Combat Infantryman Badge
Unit awards: Vietnamese Gallantry Cross with Palm device
Enlisted by: Regular
Date of birth: 11-Dec-1948
Hometown: Schulenburg, Texas
Marital status: Never Married
Campaign: Vietnam Conflict
Entered service: 5-May-1969
Start of tour: 5-Nov-1969
Incident date: 9-Apr-1970
Date of casualty: 9-Apr-1970
Age at death: 21
Cause of death: Hostile, Died. Grenade. Multiple fragmentation wounds.
Edward Hugo Beyer was killed while at a night defensive position when the area came under attack by a hostile force. / At night defensive position. Engaged hostile force in firefight.
Two Blackhorse troopers died in this incident:
SP4 Edward Hugo Beyer
CPL Raymond Lewis Williams
Location of fatality: Tay Ninh, South Vietnam, XT 517 834
Place of interment: Saint Rose of Lima Cemetery, Schulenburg, Texas, USA
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