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ALBION JOE BERGANTZEL
Corporal · U.S. Army
August 29, 1950 – February 28, 1971
Service recordAlbion Joe Bergantzel, of Henderson, Iowa, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on February 28, 1971, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 12 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 12
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. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- August 29, 1950
- Home of record
- Henderson, Iowa (Mills County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 28, 1971
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date February 28, 1971; two of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In February 1971, 387 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 68 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4W, Line 12
- HOWARD SIDNEY LAMBSergeant · February 28, 1971
- EARL EDWARD MCCARTYSpecialist Four · February 28, 1971
- MORRIS ALFRED SIMPSONFirst Lieutenant · February 28, 1971
- CHARLES G TAUBERMAN SRStaff Sergeant · February 28, 1971
Same unit, same day
- GERALD LEE EVANSSergeant · Panel 4W, Line 11
- LARRY ELLSWORTH SMITHSergeant · Panel 4W, Line 11
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.