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JAY LESLIE LIEBERMAN
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 6, 1946 – April 29, 1968
Service recordJay Leslie Lieberman, of Duluth, Minnesota, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 29, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 53E, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 53E · Line 3
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- April 6, 1946
- Home of record
- Duluth, Minnesota (St Louis County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 29, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
55 names on the Wall carry the date April 29, 1968; three of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 110 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 53E, Line 3
- JOSEPH THOMAS KOVALOFFSergeant · April 29, 1968
- DAVID GAIL LEDGERWOODSergeant · April 29, 1968
- JOSEPH ANTHONY MAAG JRPrivate First Class · April 29, 1968
- VERNON WALTER NIX IIIStaff Sergeant · April 29, 1968
Same unit, same day
- WALTER KIRT CLARKEPrivate First Class · Panel 52E, Line 46
- JAMES ALFRED HERINGPrivate First Class · Panel 53E, Line 1
- GEORGE LEE MAUGHAN SRCorporal · Panel 53E, Line 1
- ANDREW JOHN JOBEYPrivate First Class · Panel 53E, Line 2
- ELMER MARTINStaff Sergeant · Panel 53E, Line 4
- HURIEL LEE MOOREPrivate First Class · Panel 53E, Line 5
- CLIFFORD EARL TYSONPrivate First Class · Panel 53E, Line 8
From Duluth
- JAMES LEO DIERYCKCorporal · August 19, 1965
- DODD CLIFTON KELLERPrivate First Class · February 1, 1966
- JOHN LAWRENCE BANKS IIIFirst Lieutenant · March 29, 1966
- BRUCE MARK JOHNSONSpecialist Five · June 21, 1966
- NORMAN WAYNE VINCENTPrivate First Class · January 2, 1967
- RICHARD JEROME VEDDERSergeant · March 17, 1967
- DENNIS WAYNE PAWLOWICZPrivate First Class · April 21, 1967
- GARY WILLIAM HOGLUNDCaptain · May 17, 1967
- LEE BJARNE BUANPrivate First Class · May 20, 1967
- LARRY FRANK MARKUSPrivate First Class · May 26, 1967
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.