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HOWARD STANLEY BIESANTZ
Private · U.S. Army
December 25, 1944 – February 23, 1969
Service recordHoward Stanley Biesantz, of Newton, New Jersey, served as a Private in the U.S. Army. He died on February 23, 1969, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 32W, Line 89 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32W · Line 89
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 (PVT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Heavy Vehicle Driver (64B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- December 25, 1944
- Home of record
- Newton, New Jersey (Sussex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 23, 1969
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
209 names on the Wall carry the date February 23, 1969; six of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 23 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 32W, Line 89
- ANDREW LEE BELFIELDLance Corporal · February 23, 1969
- DAVID EUGENE BELVERLance Corporal · February 23, 1969
- ROBERT LLOYD BENNETTSpecialist Four · February 23, 1969
- RANDALL LAWRENCE BROCKWAYSergeant · February 23, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT DONALD EICKLEBERRYSpecialist Four · Panel 32W, Line 97
- WILLIAM ROY LAWSONSpecialist Four · Panel 31W, Line 8
- ROBERT MICHAEL LEESergeant · Panel 31W, Line 8
- STEPHEN JOSEPH PASTULASpecialist Four · Panel 31W, Line 14
- RONALD LLOYD SANDERSSpecialist Five · Panel 31W, Line 20
- JERRY DEAN SPRADLINSpecialist Four · Panel 31W, Line 23
From Newton
- DONALD WILLIAM DRAKEPrivate First Class · December 31, 1966
- ARTHUR CLARENCE SISCO JRSpecialist Four · February 27, 1967
- ARTHUR FOXWORTHSergeant First Class · October 28, 1969
- LEON FREDERICK HAASLieutenant · July 17, 1972
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.