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ORLAND ORRIN BEARWALD
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 3, 1942 – September 8, 1965
Service recordOrland Orrin Bearwald, of Oshkosh, Wisconsin, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 8, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 77 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 77
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantry Operations And Intelligence Specialist (11F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- A CO 1 BN 18 INF 1 INF DIV
- Born
- January 3, 1942
- Home of record
- Oshkosh, Wisconsin (Winnebago County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 8, 1965
- Age
- 23
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
Four names on the Wall carry the date September 8, 1965. In September 1965, 150 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 2E, Line 77
- RICHARD B FITZGIBBON JRTechnical Sergeant · June 8, 1956
- LARRY ALAN LINDSEYPrivate First Class · September 6, 1965
- RICHARD B FITZGIBBON IIILance Corporal · September 7, 1965
- FRANK AMOS HENISSPrivate First Class · September 7, 1965
- EARL CHARLES WILLOUGHBYChief Master Sergeant · September 7, 1965
From Oshkosh
- KENNETH BRUCE HAWLEYCorporal · August 12, 1966
- PAUL EDWARD MANSKEPrivate First Class · May 13, 1967
- JAMES THOMAS DOBISHPrivate First Class · May 20, 1967
- DONALD ROY LASTSpecialist Four · July 10, 1967
- JAMES ROBERT FISCHERSergeant · July 23, 1967
- RICHARD ALLEN MEHNEPrivate First Class · November 8, 1967
- JAMES JEROME LINDSergeant · January 5, 1968
- CHRISTIAN ALAN LANGENFELDPrivate First Class · January 27, 1968
- STEVEN LYNN ZOBELLance Corporal · May 21, 1968
- MANUEL TORRES LOPEZSergeant First Class · June 27, 1968
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.