JEFFREY THOMAS BEARDSLEY

Battery C 4/42 Artillery

4th Infantry Division

KIA 02/21/1970

Age: 20
Race: Caucasian
Sex: Male
Date of Birth Apr 26, 1949
From: SAN JOSE, CA
Religion: PRESBYTERIAN
Marital Status: Married
Age at Loss: 20
SSGT - E6 - Army - Selective Service
4th Infantry Division
Grade at loss: E5
Rank: Staff Sergeant
Note: Posthumous Promotion as indicated
MOS: 13B40: Cannon Crewmember
Length of service 1 years
His tour began on Jun 25, 1969
Casualty was on Feb 21, 1970
In BINH DINH, SOUTH VIETNAM
HOSTILE, GROUND CASUALTY
OTHER CAUSES
Casualty Detail: Misadventure (Friendly Fire)
Body was recovered

Panel 13W - Line 40

Jeffrey Beardsley was killed as a section chief directing artillery fire during a fire mission
against a hostile force when struck by muzzle blast, at grid reference BR534973,
approximately 34 kilometers west of Bong Son City.

SSG Jeffrey T. Beardsley's decorations

Jeff Beardsley in Vietnam

Photo from the Together We Served website

Obituary for Jeffrey Thomas Beardsley

Courtesy of Ariana Bowens

Records Clerk

Oak Hill Funeral Home and Memorial Park

Burial:
Oak Hill Memorial Park
San Jose
Santa Clara County
California, USA
Plot: Veterans section Lot 403 Grave 4

Lat/Lon N 37*17'53.51" W 121*51'46.73"

Grave marker for Jeffrey T. Beardsley

Photo by Linda from the Find A Grave website

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