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MICHAEL PETER BIEDRON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 28, 1944 – January 28, 1969
Service recordMichael Peter Biedron, of Cedar Lake, Indiana, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 28, 1969, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 33W, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33W · Line 5
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)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- February 28, 1944
- Home of record
- Cedar Lake, Indiana (Lake County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 28, 1969
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date January 28, 1969; three of them were lost in Định Tường Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 114 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 33W, Line 5
- RICHARD ARIASSpecialist Four · January 28, 1969
- ANDRE REMI BELLEMAREPrivate First Class · January 28, 1969
- DENNIS LEWIS BOLTONSpecialist Four · January 28, 1969
- THOMAS GUY BURGECaptain · January 28, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JOHN LOUIS REAGLECorporal · Panel 33W, Line 9
- CHARLES ERNEST SMITHPrivate First Class · Panel 33W, Line 10
From Cedar Lake
- KENNETH ROBERT BRADLEYCorporal · February 28, 1968
- BILLIE RAY ACREESergeant · May 21, 1968
- ROGER DALE JUSTICESergeant · November 5, 1968
- DAVID CLARENCE BROWNSpecialist Four · June 7, 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.