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BERNARD JEFFERY UHREN
Corporal · U.S. Army
August 11, 1947 – October 1, 1968
Service recordBernard Jeffery Uhren, of Billings, Montana, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on October 1, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 42W, Line 60 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 42W · Line 60
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)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- August 11, 1947
- Home of record
- Billings, Montana (Yellowstone County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 1, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
44 names on the Wall carry the date October 1, 1968; 17 of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 35 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 42W, Line 60
- ALLAN STANLEY MAJORAirman First Class · September 24, 1968
- EDDIE LEE SIMMONSPrivate First Class · October 1, 1968
- JOHN STIRPEPrivate · October 1, 1968
- EUGENE RAVN SUAREZCorporal · October 1, 1968
- FRANK WELLS JRPrivate First Class · October 1, 1968
Same unit, same day
- TIMOTHY GEORGE ARENSCorporal · Panel 42W, Line 52
- ROBERT FRANKLIN ASHERSergeant · Panel 42W, Line 52
- FRANK ALLEN BAGGETTCorporal · Panel 42W, Line 53
- CHARLES ARTHUR BRANCHPrivate First Class · Panel 42W, Line 53
- RONALD DOUGLAS BROWNFirst Lieutenant · Panel 42W, Line 53
- FREDERICK HAROLD FLYNNSergeant · Panel 42W, Line 53
- RICHARD BART CLEMENTSPrivate First Class · Panel 42W, Line 54
- ROBERT JOSEPH DAVISSergeant · Panel 42W, Line 54
- JOHN WILLIAM DINGUS JRCorporal · Panel 42W, Line 54
- GARY WAYNE BROWNCorporal · Panel 42W, Line 55
- LEMUEL JOHNSONCorporal · Panel 42W, Line 56
- WARD EUGENE SEESergeant · Panel 42W, Line 58
- EUGENE RAVN SUAREZCorporal · Panel 42W, Line 60
- JOSE D MELENDEZ-GONZALEZPrivate First Class · Panel 42W, Line 61
From Billings
- KENNETH LEE DERHEIMStaff Sergeant · December 19, 1965
- DOUGLAS DUANE KERNSergeant · November 16, 1966
- FRANK GARCIA JRCorporal · August 4, 1967
- JAMES LYNN BURNSFirst Lieutenant · December 21, 1967
- GREGORY ALLEN GIFFORDPetty Officer Third Class · February 8, 1968
- RALPH LEROY WILLIAMSFirst Lieutenant · February 15, 1968
- CHARLES GOODHUE BOYERPrivate First Class · March 6, 1968
- DAVID GEORGE ANDERSONPrivate First Class · March 6, 1968
- MICHAEL DAVID PADILLALance Corporal · April 20, 1968
- LARRY JAMES BURKHARDTPrivate First Class · May 27, 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.