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LAWRENCE ANTHONY BIERBAUM
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 29, 1946 – May 29, 1970
Service recordLawrence Anthony Bierbaum, of Springfield, Illinois, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 29, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 117 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 117
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- April 29, 1946
- Home of record
- Springfield, Illinois (Sangamon County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 29, 1970
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date May 29, 1970; he was the only one lost in Thừa Thiên Province that day. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 170 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 117
- GREEN THOMASPrivate First Class · May 28, 1970
- BILLY FERRELLSpecialist Four · May 29, 1970
- KENNETH LEE GILLSpecialist Four · May 29, 1970
- DANNIE LEE HAWKINSSergeant · May 29, 1970
Same unit, same day
- JERRY REED JOHNSONSergeant · Panel 10W, Line 118
From Springfield
- ROBERT JOHN ACHASLance Corporal · March 14, 1965
- GLEN EDWARDS KINGLance Corporal · September 10, 1965
- GERALD WILLIAM BRASCHESergeant · September 23, 1966
- WILLIAM TOWNSLEY DEUELCaptain · September 30, 1966
- THOMAS MICHAEL JOYCEPrivate First Class · October 26, 1966
- DONALD LEE SCHROEDERSpecialist Four · March 19, 1967
- THOMAS LYNN LESTERPrivate First Class · May 20, 1967
- WILLIAM EDWARD HELLYERPrivate First Class · July 18, 1967
- WILLIAM DEAN MARTINLance Corporal · September 2, 1967
- WILLIAM T MCDANIELSpecialist Four · September 5, 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.