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BERNARDINO FRANCIS GENCHI
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
October 22, 1945 – July 22, 1969
Service recordBernardino Francis Genchi, of North Babylon, New York, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on July 22, 1969, in Vinh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 33 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 33
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Utility/Observation Helicopter Pilot (100B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- October 22, 1945
- Home of record
- North Babylon, New York (Suffolk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 22, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Vinh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date July 22, 1969; four of them were lost in Vinh Long Province. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 23 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20W, Line 33
- RONALD FREDERICK WILDERSergeant · July 21, 1969
- JOHN SPENCER BAILEY JRPrivate First Class · July 22, 1969
- DENNIS STEWART CABESpecialist Four · July 22, 1969
- DAVID LAMAR ELRODLance Corporal · July 22, 1969
Same unit, same day
- LARRY GAY POOLSpecialist Four · Panel 20W, Line 34
- ALLEN EUGENE STARRWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 20W, Line 35
- GAIL LEE WHITLATCHSpecialist Four · Panel 20W, Line 35
From North Babylon
- WAYNE LEE MIDDLETONPrivate First Class · April 15, 1967
- HENRY YORKCorporal · February 8, 1968
- VINCENT ANTHONY DATENASpecialist Four · March 3, 1968
- PETER NELSON BALDWINSergeant · March 28, 1968
- PHILLIP ROGERSSpecialist Five · June 25, 1968
- LUIS ROLA MERCADO-COLLADOSpecialist Four · July 7, 1968
- GEORGE RICHARD GREEN JRPrivate · May 5, 1969
- GARY JOHN WINKLERSpecialist Four · June 9, 1969
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.