Rank: Sergeant
Unit: C Troop, 1st Squadron, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment
MOS: 11E – Armor Crewman
Awards: Bronze Star Medal, Purple Heart Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Vietnam Service Medal, Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal
Badges: Combat Infantryman Badge
Unit awards: Vietnamese Gallantry Cross with Palm device
Enlisted by: Regular
Date of birth: 5-May-1949
Hometown: Burke, South Dakota
Marital status: Never Married
Campaign: Vietnam Conflict
Entered service: 27-Jun-1967
Start of tour: 24-Oct-1968
Incident date: 3-Jun-1969
Date of casualty: 3-Jun-1969
Age at death: 20
Cause of death: Hostile, died. Grenade. Multiple fragmentation wounds.
Darwin Lyn Labahn was killed while commander of a military vehicle on a combat operation when a hostile force was encountered. / Tank commander on combat operation. While engaging hostile force in firefight, a tree fell on individual.
Location of fatality: Long Khanh, South Vietnam, YS 585 960
Place of interment: Graceland Cemetery, Burke, South Dakota, USA
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