Rank: Specialist 4
Unit: A Troop, 1st Squadron, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment
Awards: Purple Heart Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Vietnam Service Medal, Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal
Badges: Combat Infantryman Badge
Unit awards: Presidential Unit Citation, Valorous Unit Award, Vietnamese Gallantry Cross with Palm device
Enlisted by: Regular
Date of birth: 27-Feb-1950
Hometown: Wakpala, South Dakota
Marital status: Never Married
Campaign: Vietnam Conflict
Entered service: 26-Sep-1969
Start of tour: 22-Mar-1970
Incident date: 1-Feb-1971
Date of casualty: 1-Feb-1971
Age at death: 20
Cause of death: Non-hostile, died of other causes. Accident. Accident self-destruciton. Other Accident.
Loren Dallas LeBeau was found dead in his quarters.
Location of fatality: Bien Hoa, South Vietnam, XT 903 076
Place of interment: Saint Elizabeth Cemetery, Wakpala, South Dakota, USA
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