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LOREN DALLAS LEBEAU
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 27, 1950 – February 1, 1971
Service recordLoren Dallas Lebeau, of Wakpala, South Dakota, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 1, 1971, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 71 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 71
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- February 27, 1950
- Home of record
- Wakpala, South Dakota (Corson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 1, 1971
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date February 1, 1971; two of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In February 1971, 387 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 71
- JOSEPH WALTER CASINOStaff Sergeant · February 1, 1971
- CLYDE WAYNE COBLESpecialist Four · February 1, 1971
- GORDON LEE CRAWFORDSergeant · February 1, 1971
- JAMES CRAIG HARRISFirst Lieutenant · February 1, 1971
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.