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An AC-47D “Spooky” gunship fires on a target at night over South Vietnam.
An AC-47D “Spooky” gunship fires on a target at night over South Vietnam. Photo: U.S. Air Force, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Von Miles Liebernecht.

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VON MILES LIEBERNECHT

Captain · U.S. Air Force

June 21, 1934 – October 10, 1968

Service record

Von Miles Liebernecht, of Burbank, California, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He died on October 10, 1968, in Ninh Thuan Province, South Vietnam, at age 34. His name is inscribed on Panel 41W, Line 40 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 41W · Line 40

Position of Panel 41W on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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. Air Force
Rank
Captain (CAPT)
Service
Reserve / National Guard
Born
June 21, 1934
Home of record
Burbank, California (Los Angeles County)

Casualty

Date of death
October 10, 1968
Age
34
Province
Ninh Thuan
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Non-hostile
Category
Accident
Circumstance
Helicopter Crash — crew

Context · from the records

What was happening

31 names on the Wall carry the date October 10, 1968; five of them were lost in Ninh Thuan Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

Also on Panel 41W, Line 40

From Burbank

All 32 names from Burbank →

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.