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JAMES WARREN LIEBESPECK
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 29, 1936 – May 21, 1968
Service recordJames Warren Liebespeck, of La Puente, California, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 21, 1968, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 32. His name is inscribed on Panel 64E, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 64E · Line 16
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (12B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- C CO 588 ENG BN 79 ENG GRP
- Born
- January 29, 1936
- Home of record
- La Puente, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 21, 1968
- Age
- 32
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
53 names on the Wall carry the date May 21, 1968; he was the only one lost in Tây Ninh Province that day. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 64E, Line 16
- WILLIAM THOMAS JONESCorporal · May 21, 1968
- KENNETH JOSEPH KNOWLESSpecialist Four · May 21, 1968
- DENNIS WILLIAM LANECorporal · May 21, 1968
- DAVID EARL LEMCKESergeant · May 21, 1968
From La Puente
- TERRANCE RICHARD LYLEPrivate First Class · November 10, 1966
- JOE ARREGUINPrivate First Class · May 15, 1967
- JOSEPH ALFRED ALBERTINICorporal · October 6, 1967
- TYLER WILLIAM COBB JRSpecialist Four · January 9, 1968
- PETER JAN FILIPIAKCorporal · February 25, 1968
- ROBERT GENE FISHERPetty Officer First Class · March 18, 1968
- MANUEL RUIZCorporal · March 29, 1968
- RONALD REYESPrivate First Class · March 30, 1968
- LEWIS JOHN YOUNGPrivate First Class · April 19, 1968
- FRED GEORGE LOSEL JRSpecialist Four · May 12, 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.