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DAVID PETER J BEDROSIAN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 23, 1949 – November 14, 1969
Service recordDavid Peter J Bedrosian, of Lawrence, Massachusetts, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 14, 1969, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 72 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 72
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Ammunition Records Clerk (76M)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- September 23, 1949
- Home of record
- Lawrence, Massachusetts (Essex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 14, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date November 14, 1969; he was the only one lost in Binh Long Province that day. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 20 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 72
- MICHAEL JAMES ROBINSONPrivate · November 13, 1969
- CYRIL HARRIS TOWNLEYLance Corporal · November 13, 1969
- TERRY LEE ANDRESENPrivate First Class · November 14, 1969
- HOWARD MICHAEL BURNSPetty Officer Third Class · November 14, 1969
From Lawrence
- JAMES AUGUSTINE STCYRLance Corporal · March 26, 1966
- JOSEPH THOMAS GILE JRPrivate First Class · October 7, 1966
- PAUL DANIEL GUIMONDPrivate First Class · October 28, 1966
- GERALD FRANCIS CURRIERCaptain · November 4, 1966
- DAVID FRANCIS DEVOESergeant First Class · November 7, 1966
- MARTIN JOSEPH SULLIVANLieutenant Commander · February 12, 1967
- ROBERT FRANCIS COTELance Corporal · April 5, 1967
- DENNIS JOHN MANNIONPrivate First Class · May 5, 1967
- RICHARD JOSEPH GILBERTCorporal · August 12, 1967
- LAWRENCE JOHN FARELLIMajor · February 18, 1968
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.