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LOREN EUGENE ENGSTROM
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
July 21, 1945 – November 13, 1968
Service recordLoren Eugene Engstrom, of La Canada, California, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on November 13, 1968, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 39W, Line 59 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 39W · Line 59
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Helicopter Pilot, Utility And Light Cargo Single Rotor (062B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- July 21, 1945
- Home of record
- La Canada, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 13, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date November 13, 1968; four of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 33 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 39W, Line 59
- JAMES ALLEN BOOTSPrivate First Class · November 13, 1968
- JAMES LEONARD EPLINStaff Sergeant · November 13, 1968
- FREDERICK M GILSINGER JRPrivate First Class · November 13, 1968
- DENNIS GORDON HANSONPrivate First Class · November 13, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ARTHUR EARL KEESEESpecialist Five · Panel 39W, Line 60
From La Canada
- JAMES REGINALD BAUDERCaptain · September 21, 1966
- ROY ALLEN FRYMANGunnery Sergeant · August 24, 1969
- WILLIAM A PEDERSENLieutenant (junior grade) · September 15, 1970
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.