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BERNIE CHARLE KRIDLER III
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
January 29, 1946 – October 8, 1967
Service recordBernie Charle Kridler III, of Flint, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 8, 1967, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 27E, Line 74 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27E · Line 74
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Small Arms Repairer/Technician (2111)
- Born
- January 29, 1946
- Home of record
- Flint, Michigan (Genesee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 8, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
57 names on the Wall carry the date October 8, 1967; 13 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 27E, Line 74
- TERRANCE HENRY LARSONSpecialist Four · October 8, 1967
- JOHN SANFORD MARTINFirst Lieutenant · October 8, 1967
- JOHN WILLIAM MCMASTERPrivate First Class · October 8, 1967
- ROBERT DWAYNE NELSONSpecialist Four · October 8, 1967
From Flint
- ROY E STOKESLance Corporal · June 4, 1965
- FRED TOINSSpecialist Four · October 12, 1965
- JAMES LEROY CRAGARStaff Sergeant · October 22, 1965
- DONALD CAMERON MCPHEEGunnery Sergeant · October 24, 1965
- WARDLOW WESLEY PARTEEPrivate First Class · November 12, 1965
- BILLIE NEAL PLUMPrivate First Class · February 26, 1966
- RAYMOND CARL ROBINSONSergeant · March 30, 1966
- DENNIS A DESCOPrivate First Class · April 11, 1966
- JULIAN B WILLOUGHBYStaff Sergeant · April 29, 1966
- JAMES EDWARD DOZIERLance Corporal · August 25, 1966
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.