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CLUSTER LEE BEARFIELD
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 11, 1948 – January 14, 1969
Service recordCluster Lee Bearfield, of Etowah, Tennessee, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 14, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 35W, Line 87 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35W · Line 87
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- August 11, 1948
- Home of record
- Etowah, Tennessee (Mcminn County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 14, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date January 14, 1969; eight of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 84 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 35W, Line 87
- GERALD OTIS BAKERSpecialist Four · January 14, 1969
- PAUL EDWARD BELANGERSergeant · January 14, 1969
- DANNIE LEON BIRDSpecialist Four · January 14, 1969
- MICHAEL ARCHIE BLAKEYSpecialist Four · January 14, 1969
Same unit, same day
- DAVID VERNON ADAMSCorporal · Panel 35W, Line 86
- DWANE LONNIE ADAMSPrivate First Class · Panel 35W, Line 86
- RICHARD ADIUTORISpecialist Four · Panel 35W, Line 86
- MARVIN L MCCULLOUGH JRCorporal · Panel 34W, Line 1
- LYLE THOMAS MOORESpecialist Four · Panel 34W, Line 1
- JOHN MICHAEL OFARRELLFirst Lieutenant · Panel 34W, Line 2
- GREGORY LLOYD RICESpecialist Four · Panel 34W, Line 2
- PAUL AARON STONESergeant · Panel 34W, Line 2
- JOHN EARL WARREN JRFirst Lieutenant · Panel 34W, Line 3
From Etowah
- GERALD THOMAS DOBBSPrivate First Class · November 19, 1967
- DANNY RAY ROBERTSSpecialist Four · February 4, 1970
- JOSEPH VENSON MARTINSergeant First Class · February 13, 1971
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.