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Cpl Byron Allen Bangert

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Cpl Byron Allen Bangert Veteran

Birth
Albert Lea, Freeborn County, Minnesota, USA
Death
2 Mar 1971 (aged 21)
Vietnam
Burial
Albert Lea, Freeborn County, Minnesota, USA Add to Map
Plot
Garden J, Lot 46, space 3
Memorial ID
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Cpl Bangert #47658424
MOS: 11B10 Infantryman.

Byron was drafted into the US Army.
Upon arriving in Vietnam 22 November 1970, Byron was assigned to A Company, 1st Battalion, 5th Infantry, 25th Infantry Division, USARV. Byron was passenger aboard a military vehicle approximately 12 kilometers west of Gia Ray Airfield in Long Khanh Province, when A Company was engaged by hostile forces. Byron died as a result of fragmentation wounds to the body
when a hostile rocket propelled grenade hit the military vehicle that he was riding in.
Survived by his wife, Rosemary V Bangert of 1307 Saint Joseph Avenue, Albert Lea and his parents; Arthur G and Helen M Beyer Bangert of Route #2, Albert Lea, Minnesota.
Bronze Star Medal (Merit).
Cpl Bangert #47658424
MOS: 11B10 Infantryman.

Byron was drafted into the US Army.
Upon arriving in Vietnam 22 November 1970, Byron was assigned to A Company, 1st Battalion, 5th Infantry, 25th Infantry Division, USARV. Byron was passenger aboard a military vehicle approximately 12 kilometers west of Gia Ray Airfield in Long Khanh Province, when A Company was engaged by hostile forces. Byron died as a result of fragmentation wounds to the body
when a hostile rocket propelled grenade hit the military vehicle that he was riding in.
Survived by his wife, Rosemary V Bangert of 1307 Saint Joseph Avenue, Albert Lea and his parents; Arthur G and Helen M Beyer Bangert of Route #2, Albert Lea, Minnesota.
Bronze Star Medal (Merit).


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