VIETNAM - BEYER, EDWARD HUGO

Beyer, Edward Hugo

VIETNAM - BEYER, EDWARD HUGO
BEYER, EDWARD HUGO

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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Vietnam Veterans Memorial panel and row: 12W 111 (view Vietnam Veterans Memorial link in a new window)