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A soldier of the 4th Infantry Division secures a landing zone, October 1967.
A soldier of the 4th Infantry Division secures a landing zone, October 1967. Photo: SP5 Robert C. Lafoon, U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Arden Russell Lyberger.

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ARDEN RUSSELL LYBERGER

Sergeant · U.S. Army

April 30, 1947 – December 8, 1970

Service record

Arden Russell Lyberger, of Falls Church, Virginia, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 8, 1970, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 114 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 6W · Line 114

Position of Panel 6W on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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Service

Branch
U.S. Army
Rank
Sergeant (SGT)
Service
Regular
Occupation
Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
Unit (as recorded)
1 SIGNAL BDE
Born
April 30, 1947
Home of record
Falls Church, Virginia (Falls Church (City) County)

Casualty

Date of death
December 8, 1970
Age
23
Province
Binh Dinh
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Non-hostile
Category
Died of other causes

Context · from the records

What was happening

Four names on the Wall carry the date December 8, 1970; he was the only one lost in Bình Định Province that day. In December 1970, 271 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

The unit recorded as “1 SIGNAL BDE”, his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.

Also on Panel 6W, Line 114

From Falls Church

All 22 names from Falls Church →

Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.