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KARL ROY BIESER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 10, 1950 – September 23, 1968
Service recordKarl Roy Bieser, of San Diego, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 23, 1968, in Quang Duc Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 43W, Line 67 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 43W · Line 67
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- March 10, 1950
- Home of record
- San Diego, California (San Diego County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 23, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Duc
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date September 23, 1968; two of them were lost in Quang Duc Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 85 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 43W, Line 67
- THURMAN HORACE SMITHPrivate · September 22, 1968
- MODESTO VALDEZPrivate First Class · September 22, 1968
- WILLIAM WAYNE VANMATERSergeant · September 22, 1968
- THOMAS DEAN BROCKSergeant · September 23, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DONNIE EDWARD WATSONCorporal · Panel 42W, Line 2
From San Diego
- STANLEY E TRUESDALEStaff Sergeant · April 12, 1963
- CLARENCE CLEMENT TESSMANCaptain · August 10, 1963
- WILLIAM CLIFTON HOOVERPetty Officer Second Class · June 10, 1965
- VIRGIL WAYNE BARTONLance Corporal · August 21, 1965
- CHARLES JOSEPH SCHARFColonel · October 1, 1965
- KENNETH JOE HAMMONDSpecialist Four · November 22, 1965
- RICHARD EUGENE GEORGEPrivate First Class · November 23, 1965
- GERALD CLYDE LYMANPrivate First Class · February 2, 1966
- JOHN JOSEPH SOLLEYLance Corporal · February 8, 1966
- DONALD D DAUGHERTYStaff Sergeant · April 13, 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.