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LAWRENCE GILBERT BARGAHEISER
Gunnery Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
August 30, 1936 – August 6, 1968
Service recordLawrence Gilbert Bargaheiser, of Tiffin, Ohio, served as a Gunnery Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 6, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 31. His name is inscribed on Panel 49W, Line 18 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 49W · Line 18
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Gunnery Sergeant (GYSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Leader (0369)
- Born
- August 30, 1936
- Home of record
- Tiffin, Ohio (Seneca County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 6, 1968
- Age
- 31
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date August 6, 1968; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 49W, Line 18
- MARCUS PETER ANDERSONSpecialist Five · August 6, 1968
- BERNARD GERALD BAKERLance Corporal · August 6, 1968
- EDWARD GLEN BAKERSergeant · August 6, 1968
- JOHN WESLEY BARBEESergeant · August 6, 1968
From Tiffin
- GRANT CARL TAYLORPrivate · June 5, 1967
- HOWARD ALBERT STRAUSBAUGHLance Corporal · March 9, 1968
- ROBERT CHARLE SIEBENALLERSpecialist Four · October 27, 1968
- ROBERT LEE LUSTERStaff Sergeant · January 23, 1969
- RICHARD PAUL RITZLERCorporal · February 23, 1969
- ROBERT EUGENE ASKAMPrivate First Class · June 17, 1969
- WILLIS EUGENE KERLIN JRSergeant · September 26, 1971
- DONALD CHARLES TALLMANPrivate First Class · October 30, 1971
- ROY DEWITT PRATERTechnical Sergeant · April 6, 1972
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.