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BERNARD ALBERT TESKE III
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
March 29, 1945 – May 11, 1966
Service recordBernard Albert Teske III, of Excelsior, Minnesota, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 11, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 7E, Line 50 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7E · Line 50
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Self-Propelled Artillery (Sparty) Repairer/Technician (2143)
- Unit (as recorded)
- C CO 3 AT BN 3 MARDIV
- Born
- March 29, 1945
- Home of record
- Excelsior, Minnesota (Hennepin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 11, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date May 11, 1966; seven of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 7E, Line 50
- BILLY MARCUS EDWARDSSergeant · May 11, 1966
- MARK LAMONT ROSENSTOCKLance Corporal · May 11, 1966
- WAYNE MCKENNELY TRAYLORSpecialist Four · May 11, 1966
- ROBERT SCHUYLER VANDUYNEFirst Sergeant · May 11, 1966
From Excelsior
- ROGER MICHAEL KITTLESONCorporal · February 25, 1969
- THOMAS ALLISON KNOPIKWarrant Officer 1 · November 18, 1970
- JEROME ANDREW OLSONSpecialist Four · May 21, 1971
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.