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PAUL BRUCE LAMBERTSON
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
July 14, 1949 – May 20, 1970
Service recordPaul Bruce Lambertson, of Van Nuys, California, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on May 20, 1970, in Binh Thuan Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 72 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 72
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 Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aircraft Rotor And Propeller Repairman (68E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- July 14, 1949
- Home of record
- Van Nuys, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 20, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Thuan
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date May 20, 1970; three of them were lost in Binh Thuan Province. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 62 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 72
- ARTHUR GERALD QUALLSSpecialist Five · May 20, 1970
- CRAIG RATHBUNCorporal · May 20, 1970
- JOHNNY JEROME SMITHSpecialist Four · May 20, 1970
- DAVID LORENZO VIGILPrivate First Class · May 20, 1970
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS JOSH KELSO JRPrivate First Class · Panel 10W, Line 70
- ARTHUR GERALD QUALLSSpecialist Five · Panel 10W, Line 72
From Van Nuys
- ROBERT LESTER VANGIESONPrivate First Class · March 12, 1967
- ROBERT LYNN MARGOLISPrivate First Class · May 8, 1967
- HENRY GARFIELD HAMPTONPrivate First Class · May 14, 1967
- JOHN ROBERT HILLSpecialist Four · June 19, 1967
- MICHAEL JAMES TOMLINSONLance Corporal · September 11, 1967
- BRUCE TORTORICISergeant · April 5, 1968
- LAWRENCE JESSE ENGLANDERSergeant First Class · May 2, 1968
- D LANCE MCDONALDPrivate First Class · September 16, 1968
- NORMAN NORTHRO CUNNINGHAMMajor · September 24, 1968
- JOHN RODNEY NOBLECorporal · October 10, 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.