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BERNARD LYLE FOX
Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 23, 1946 – April 18, 1968
Service recordBernard Lyle Fox, of Decatur, Illinois, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 18, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 50E, Line 38 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 50E · Line 38
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- September 23, 1946
- Home of record
- Decatur, Illinois (Macon County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 18, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date April 18, 1968; 11 of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 110 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 50E, Line 38
- BARRY H DULYEASergeant · April 18, 1968
- WILLIAM FRANKLIN ELDRIDGEPrivate First Class · April 18, 1968
- ROBERT LOVIS ELMOREPrivate First Class · April 18, 1968
- WILBUR CORNELL GASKINSPrivate First Class · April 18, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ARNOLD PAIRISStaff Sergeant · Panel 50E, Line 40
- GARY EDWARD RUSHASpecialist Four · Panel 50E, Line 42
- JOHNNY ROBERT WEBBPrivate First Class · Panel 50E, Line 43
From Decatur
- ROGER HUGH MULLINSLieutenant Commander · February 17, 1960
- HERBERT J DEXTERMajor · September 18, 1965
- JAMES DARRELL WHITE JRPrivate First Class · January 29, 1966
- WILLIAM PATRICK FORANLance Corporal · March 1, 1966
- RONALD THOMAS SHELTONCaptain · April 10, 1966
- BRYAN B STOCKWELLPrivate First Class · September 20, 1966
- JOHN RUSSELL SMITHLance Corporal · October 5, 1966
- CARL GENE SMITHSpecialist Four · February 13, 1967
- STEPHEN RAY BANGERTLance Corporal · March 2, 1967
- JAMES THOMAS BRADSHAWPrivate First Class · March 18, 1967
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.