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JAMES TERRY LIEBNITZ
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 17, 1947 – February 27, 1969
Service recordJames Terry Liebnitz, of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 27, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 31W, Line 81 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31W · Line 81
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- December 17, 1947
- Home of record
- Milwaukee, Wisconsin (Milwaukee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 27, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
59 names on the Wall carry the date February 27, 1969; three of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 45 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 31W, Line 81
- DONALD MELVIN JENNINGSSpecialist Four · February 27, 1969
- JEROME MICHAEL JONESPrivate First Class · February 27, 1969
- GLENN KARL LEINOPrivate First Class · February 27, 1969
- ROBERT PHILLIP LEVINSpecialist Four · February 27, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT ALVIN BROTHENSergeant · Panel 31W, Line 76
- ENRIQUE SALAS CRUZStaff Sergeant · Panel 31W, Line 78
- GARY VAN HALLSpecialist Four · Panel 31W, Line 80
- ROBERT PHILLIP LEVINSpecialist Four · Panel 31W, Line 81
- DONALD RAY RHODESSergeant · Panel 31W, Line 84
- GARY LAURENCE VANDERBROOKPrivate First Class · Panel 31W, Line 86
From Milwaukee
- TOM JOSEPH CRESSLieutenant · January 6, 1961
- ROBERT BURGERTSergeant · February 13, 1963
- PETER MATTHEW FEIERABENDPrivate First Class · February 16, 1964
- THADDEUS ZAJACSpecialist Four · September 27, 1965
- JAMES CALVIN WARDPrivate First Class · October 11, 1965
- TIMOTHY HOLTON JOHNSONPrivate First Class · November 6, 1965
- RICHARD WILLIAM SCHWENDLERCorporal · November 16, 1965
- MICHAEL ALFRED GRUBERPrivate First Class · December 5, 1965
- RICHARD JOSEPH BRUNKEPrivate First Class · December 14, 1965
- MICHAEL PETER MORANPrivate First Class · January 9, 1966
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.