McBeain, Duane Marvin 1951 - 1971
MCBEAIN, HONSTEDT, BUCHANAN
Posted By: Reid R. Johnson (email)
Date: 2/26/2013 at 09:37:41
Des Moines Register, Sat., 10 July 1971.
Guttenberg GI Killed In Viet.
Guttenberg, IA. - Army Pfc. Duane M. McBeain of Guttenberg was killed July 1 while on non-combat duty in Da Nang, South Vietnam, according to word received by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Marvin M. McBeain.
McBeain's sister, Mrs. Sherrie Honstedt of Denver, Colo., said the Army has told the family an investigation of the death is under way. She said her brother, 19, had been in South Vietnam less than three weeks.
Surviving besides his parents and Mrs. Honstedt are another sister, Debra, at home; two brothers, Douglas of Clarksville, and Steven, at home; and two grandmothers, Mrs. John Buchanan and Mrs. Alex McBeain, both of Austin, Minn.
Cedar Rapids Gazette, Tues., 13 July 1971.
Serviceman Rites Set At Guttenberg.
Guttenberg - Rites for a Guttenberg serviceman killed by non-hostile gunfire in South Vietnam are set for 1:30 p.m. Tuesday in St. John's Lutheran church.
Duane McBeain, 19, son of the Marvin McBeains, died July 1 at Da Nang. He was a member of the military police and had been in Vietnam 17 days.
Tuecke funeral home has charge of services.
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