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DARWIN LYN LABAHN
Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 5, 1949 – June 3, 1969
Service recordDarwin Lyn Labahn, of Burke, South Dakota, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 3, 1969, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 23W, Line 54 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23W · Line 54
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- May 5, 1949
- Home of record
- Burke, South Dakota (Gregory County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 3, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
56 names on the Wall carry the date June 3, 1969; he was the only one lost in Long Khanh Province that day. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 27 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23W, Line 54
- GEORGE ALAN KIGERPrivate First Class · June 3, 1969
- SAMMY LOUIS MEAD JRSpecialist Four · June 3, 1969
- THOMAS JOHN MEADPrivate First Class · June 3, 1969
- PAUL WAYNE MILLERPrivate First Class · June 3, 1969
From Burke
- HOWARD ROBERT HYSELLSpecialist Four · April 30, 1966
- RONNIE WAYNE JOHNSONSpecialist Four · May 14, 1969
- JOHN PAUL BECKERSSpecialist Five · June 6, 1969
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.