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BERNARD MICHAEL LUEBKERT
Corporal · U.S. Army
September 19, 1948 – July 19, 1969
Service recordBernard Michael Luebkert, of St Louis, Missouri, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on July 19, 1969, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 20 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 20
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- September 19, 1948
- Home of record
- St Louis, Missouri (St Louis (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 19, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date July 19, 1969; three of them were lost in Long An Province. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 20 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20W, Line 20
- RICHARD ALLAN HAVLIKPrivate First Class · July 19, 1969
- MICHAEL ALLEN HAWKCorporal · July 19, 1969
- WALTER KARASCorporal · July 19, 1969
- AUBREY GRADY MARTINLieutenant · July 19, 1969
Same unit, same day
- RONALD IVAN BUCHANANFirst Lieutenant · Panel 20W, Line 21
From St Louis
- EDDIE LOUIS SMITHStaff Sergeant · October 4, 1964
- GERALD ROBERT KEENEYSpecialist Five · December 28, 1964
- HAROLD DALE MEYERKORDLieutenant · March 16, 1965
- GEORGE CRAIG SMITHMajor · April 3, 1965
- TERRY WAYNE MILLSSpecialist Four · April 19, 1965
- DONNIE D EZELLStaff Sergeant · April 24, 1965
- RONALD JOHN WARRENStaff Sergeant · May 28, 1965
- DALE LEROY TOOLOOSEWarrant Officer 1 · September 2, 1965
- JOSEPH L TSCHAMBERSPrivate First Class · September 2, 1965
- ANTHONY ROY HARDIESpecialist Four · October 28, 1965
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.