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LAWRENCE AUGUSTINE BERNESKI
Airman First Class · U.S. Air Force
December 12, 1946 – October 16, 1967
Service recordLawrence Augustine Berneski, of Forest City, Pennsylvania, served as an Airman First Class in the U.S. Air Force. He died on October 16, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 28E, Line 13 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28E · Line 13
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Airman First Class (A1C)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- December 12, 1946
- Home of record
- Forest City, Pennsylvania (Susquehanna County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 16, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date October 16, 1967; five of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Quảng Trị Province while the siege of Con Thien was under way. Through September and October 1967, North Vietnamese artillery across the Demilitarized Zone pounded the Marine outpost at Con Thien and the bases along the DMZ in Quảng Trị Province. The casualty record gives the province and date, not the exact place, so it does not say whether he fell in the battle itself.
Also on Panel 28E, Line 13
- KENNETH JEFFERSON LANDERSPrivate First Class · October 15, 1967
- CHARLES EVAN BEAVERSLance Corporal · October 16, 1967
- AUGUSTINE BELTRAM JRPrivate First Class · October 16, 1967
- ROGER ELLIS JARVISSergeant First Class · October 16, 1967
From Forest City
- RODNEY LEE RANSOMPrivate · September 2, 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.