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BYRON ALLEN BANGERT
Corporal · U.S. Army
September 22, 1949 – March 2, 1971
Service recordByron Allen Bangert, of Albert Lea, Minnesota, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on March 2, 1971, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 16
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)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- September 22, 1949
- Home of record
- Albert Lea, Minnesota (Freeborn County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 2, 1971
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date March 2, 1971; two of them were lost in Long Khanh Province. In March 1971, 429 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 5 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4W, Line 16
- FREDERICK JOSEPH BAUMSergeant First Class · February 28, 1971
- STEVEN VINCENT ASTCorporal · March 2, 1971
- PAUL LESLIE BRADSHAWPrivate First Class · March 2, 1971
- PAUL GLEN BRIGHTSpecialist Five · March 2, 1971
- JESSIE MICHAEL BROOKSStaff Sergeant · March 2, 1971
Same unit, same day
- PAUL LESLIE BRADSHAWPrivate First Class · Panel 4W, Line 16
From Albert Lea
- RICHARD DUANE ODAFFERHospitalman · February 19, 1968
- BARRY ALLEN OLSONSergeant First Class · September 26, 1968
- ROGER CARL BANGERTCorporal · January 22, 1969
- BILLY DEAN WEITZELSpecialist Four · September 4, 1969
- CHARLES EDWARD BARNICKSpecialist Four · October 28, 1969
- JAMES LESLIE NELSONSpecialist Four · November 8, 1969
- STEVEN LYNN GREENPrivate First Class · January 2, 1970
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.