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LONNIE BRIDGES
Private First Class · U.S. Army
April 9, 1948 – February 8, 1969
Service recordLonnie Bridges, of Simsboro, Louisiana, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 8, 1969, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 33W, Line 83 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33W · Line 83
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- April 9, 1948
- Home of record
- Simsboro, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 8, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date February 8, 1969; three of them were lost in Long Khanh Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 100 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 33W, Line 83
- JAMES LARRY WARDSergeant · February 7, 1969
- GARY NORMAN YOUNGHospitalman · February 7, 1969
- JAMES GREGORY BROWNCorporal · February 8, 1969
- GEORGE JOSEPH CANAMARESergeant · February 8, 1969
Same unit, same day
- FRED RAYMOND FRAZIER JRSpecialist Four · Panel 33W, Line 84
- ANDREW PEREZ GARCIASpecialist Four · Panel 33W, Line 84
- PERRY DAVID JOHNSONStaff Sergeant · Panel 33W, Line 86
- JAMES BRUCE MCKNIGHTCorporal · Panel 33W, Line 87
- THEUS JOSEPH POUNDCorporal · Panel 33W, Line 88
- JAMES MARK SKOMSKISpecialist Four · Panel 33W, Line 89
- RICHARD LOWELL SKOUBYSpecialist Four · Panel 33W, Line 89
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.