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LAVERN WILLIAM TEGTMEIER
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 4, 1947 – November 6, 1969
Service recordLavern William Tegtmeier, of Odell, Nebraska, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 6, 1969, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 41 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 41
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- September 4, 1947
- Home of record
- Odell, Nebraska (Gage County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 6, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date November 6, 1969; two of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 54 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 41
- MICHAEL ANTHONY CAPUTO SRMaster Sergeant · November 6, 1969
- RAYMOND A SHOEMAKER IISergeant · November 6, 1969
- HENRY JOSEPH VADChief Warrant Officer 2 · November 6, 1969
- DAVID RICHARD COOKCorporal · November 7, 1969
Same unit, same day
- RONALD LAWRENCE DELONGCorporal · Panel 16W, Line 37
- DAVID JOHN GAMBLECorporal · Panel 16W, Line 38
- DONALD GENE HEDGECOCKSpecialist Four · Panel 16W, Line 38
- RAYMOND CARL FOERSTERSpecialist Four · Panel 16W, Line 39
- BRADLEY JOHN LOGANPrivate First Class · Panel 16W, Line 39
- CHARLES WILLIAM LOWERYSpecialist Four · Panel 16W, Line 39
- THOMAS ANDREW PUTMANPrivate · Panel 16W, Line 40
- WILLIAM COTTER RAYPrivate First Class · Panel 16W, Line 40
- LARRY WAYNE ROBISONSpecialist Four · Panel 16W, Line 40
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.