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LAWRENCE JOSEPH BERTAGNA
Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 24, 1944 – July 27, 1969
Service recordLawrence Joseph Bertagna, of Round Mountain, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 27, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 54 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 54
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Tactical Communitions Chief (31G)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- June 24, 1944
- Home of record
- Round Mountain, California (Shasta County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 27, 1969
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date July 27, 1969; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 32 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20W, Line 54
- LEON ROSS BARICKMANLance Corporal · July 27, 1969
- WILLIAM GAYLAND BARKERSpecialist Four · July 27, 1969
- ERIC EMANUEL BERGQUISTWarrant Officer 1 · July 27, 1969
- ROBERT HOWARD BARRLieutenant Colonel · July 28, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JAMES RICHARD DANIELSSergeant · Panel 20W, Line 55
From Round Mountain
- LLOYD DONALD MICHAELLieutenant Colonel · December 8, 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.