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BERNARD JOSEPH RAFFERTY
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
February 23, 1952 – September 30, 1970
Service recordBernard Joseph Rafferty, of Old Forge, Pennsylvania, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 30, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 102 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 102
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- February 23, 1952
- Home of record
- Old Forge, Pennsylvania (Lackawanna County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 30, 1970
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
Four names on the Wall carry the date September 30, 1970; he was the only one lost in Quảng Nam Province that day. In September 1970, 364 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 102
- RONALD ELWOOD FIELDSStaff Sergeant · September 30, 1970
- JEROME RAYMOND FRILLINGPrivate First Class · September 30, 1970
- LARRY WAYNE BERKHOLTZSergeant · October 1, 1970
- MELVIN GENE BRYANTCorporal · October 1, 1970
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.