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Maj Irwin Stuart Lerner

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Maj Irwin Stuart Lerner Veteran

Birth
Stratford, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
Death
20 Dec 1972 (aged 31)
Cần Thơ Municipality, Vietnam
Burial
Arlington, Arlington County, Virginia, USA Add to Map
Plot
Section 67, Site 2963
Memorial ID
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Mr. Lerner was laid to rest with full honors, on January 16, 2004; 31 years after he died in the Vietnam War. Lerner, an electronic warfare officer with the 307th Strategic Wing, was aboard a B-52 bomber shot down over Hanoi. His remains were only recently identified using new DNA techniques. Lerner's gravesite is next to the site where his wife, Roberta Reilly Lerner, is buried. She died, never having remarried, in 1995.
He graduated from Stratford High School class of '59. He married Roberta Reilly in 1964 after graduating from college. He then joined the Air Force. Together they had three children; Mark, David and Jennifer.
Mr. Lerner was laid to rest with full honors, on January 16, 2004; 31 years after he died in the Vietnam War. Lerner, an electronic warfare officer with the 307th Strategic Wing, was aboard a B-52 bomber shot down over Hanoi. His remains were only recently identified using new DNA techniques. Lerner's gravesite is next to the site where his wife, Roberta Reilly Lerner, is buried. She died, never having remarried, in 1995.
He graduated from Stratford High School class of '59. He married Roberta Reilly in 1964 after graduating from college. He then joined the Air Force. Together they had three children; Mark, David and Jennifer.


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  • Created by: Serenity
  • Added: Jan 1, 2004
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/8230348/irwin_stuart-lerner: accessed ), memorial page for Maj Irwin Stuart Lerner (17 Oct 1941–20 Dec 1972), Find a Grave Memorial ID 8230348, citing Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Arlington County, Virginia, USA; Maintained by Serenity (contributor 46561673).