William Arthur Beard

Specialist Four
D CO, 1ST BN, 12TH INFANTRY, 4 INF DIV
Army of the United States
10 June 1948 - 08 March 1969
Plantsville, Connecticut
Panel 30W Line 071

4 INF DIV

12TH INF RGT
Combat Infantry

Purple Heart, National Defense, Vietnam Service, Vietnam Campaign

The database page for William Arthur Beard

02 Aug 2003

REMEMBERED

by a friend,
David Nelis
dnelis@earthlink.net
29 May 2006

Billy,
you will always be in our hearts.
See you in heaven.
Your cousin, Bonnie
bbooks2@tampabay.rr.com

10 Nov 2006

Always thinking of you, Billy, especially on Veterans' Day.
Love you and miss you.

From your sister,
Deborah (Beard) Cabelus
dcabelus@snet.net

A Note from The Virtual Wall

On 08-09 March 1969 elements of the 1st Bn, 12th Infantry engaged NVA troops on Hill 994, at the northern end of the Plei Trap Valley in Kontum Province. Ten men are known to have died in the fighting, and two who died of wounds on 10 March are thought to have been wounded at Hill 994.

The twelve men are

  • B Company:
    • SSG Dean H. Johnson, Craftsbury, VT (KIA 03/08/1969)
    • SSG Jerry C. Mc Donald, Port Aransas, TX (KIA 03/09/1969)
    • SSG Robert B. Protto, Sunnyvale, CA (KIA 03/09/1969)
    • SGT Thomas G. Turner, Bethesda, MD (KIA 03/09/1969)
    • SGT Clarence P. Burleson, Fairfield, CA (KIA 03/09/1969)
    • SP4 Raymond L. Bethea, New York, NY (KIA 03/09/1969)
    • SP4 Edward J. Millison, Fernwood, PA (KIA 03/09/1969)
    • CPL Julius A. Mitchell, Tallahassee, FL (DoW 03/10/1969)
    • SP4 Clarence Nofford, Newark, NJ (KIA 03/09/1969)
    • SP4 William J. Stedl, Greenleaf, WI (DoW 03/10/1969)

  • D Company:
    • SP4 William A. Beard, Plantsville, CT (KIA 03/08/1969)
    • SP4 Roy G. Zufelt, Palmdale, CA (KIA 03/08/1969)


The point-of-contact for this memorial is
his sister,
Deborah (Beard) Cabelus
dcabelus@snet.net



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With all respect
Jim Schueckler, former CW2, US Army
Ken Davis, Commander, United States Navy (Ret)
Memorial first published on 2 Aug 2003
Last updated 12/07/2006