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BERNIE LEE TATE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 14, 1946 – July 12, 1967
Service recordBernie Lee Tate, of Pontiac, Michigan, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on July 12, 1967, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 23E, Line 65 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23E · Line 65
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Heavy Anti-Armor Weapons Infantryman (11H)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- September 14, 1946
- Home of record
- Pontiac, Michigan (Oakland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 12, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
56 names on the Wall carry the date July 12, 1967; six of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 64 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23E, Line 65
- JAMES FRANCIS SCHIELEStaff Sergeant · July 12, 1967
- BRADLEY OLEN TILLINGHASTSergeant · July 12, 1967
- JAMES LEE VANBENDEGOMStaff Sergeant · July 12, 1967
- GARY LOUIS WAGUESPACKPrivate First Class · July 12, 1967
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES VINCENT AYLORSpecialist Four · Panel 23E, Line 55
- JACK J COOPERWOOD IIISpecialist Four · Panel 23E, Line 57
- CLAUDE EUGENE ELMORESergeant · Panel 23E, Line 57
- JEROME GEORGE MCGOVERNSergeant · Panel 23E, Line 61
- LAURENCE G SERSHONPrivate First Class · Panel 23E, Line 63
- EDDIE EARL WILLIAMSSpecialist Four · Panel 23E, Line 66
From Pontiac
- WILLIAM EUGENE JACKSONSergeant First Class · February 5, 1964
- THOMAS DANIEL WHITLOCKLieutenant Colonel · November 1, 1964
- HONORIO RAMIREZ JRSergeant · June 23, 1966
- VICTOR RONALD HOYTSergeant · December 27, 1966
- MICHAEL LEE ELMYPrivate First Class · May 9, 1967
- GEORGE RAY FAYFIE EDWARDSSpecialist Five · May 17, 1967
- FREDERICK HUGO LIMINGAPrivate First Class · June 22, 1967
- ANDREAS MCCURRYSpecialist Four · July 4, 1967
- BOBBY DALE STEVENSONPetty Officer First Class · October 8, 1967
- EMIL GEORGE MEGIVERONPrivate First Class · October 17, 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.