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BERMAN GANOE JR
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 25, 1948 – March 24, 1970
Service recordBerman Ganoe JR, of Belleview, Florida, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He was lost on March 24, 1970, in Cambodia, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 38 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 38
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- October 25, 1948
- Home of record
- Belleview, Florida (Marion County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- March 24, 1970
- Country
- Cambodia
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
- First reported
- Missing in action
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date March 24, 1970. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 35 of its members that month.
The record places this loss in Cambodia, outside South Vietnam.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 38
- JAMES EUGENE CRAWFORDSpecialist Four · March 24, 1970
- FRANK WILLIAM DAWSONLance Corporal · March 24, 1970
- CARRIS MICHAEL FRANCISCorporal · March 24, 1970
- GUADALUPE GONZALEZStaff Sergeant · March 24, 1970
Same unit, same day
- RUDY MORALES BECERRAStaff Sergeant · Panel 12W, Line 37
- JOHN CHARLES HOSKENChief Warrant Officer 3 · Panel 12W, Line 39
- MICHAEL DAVIS ODONNELLMajor · Panel 12W, Line 40
From Belleview
- GUY LEONARD JEWETTSergeant · May 19, 1968
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.