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BERTALAN JAMES TOTH
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
July 23, 1937 – May 12, 1969
Service recordBertalan James Toth, of San Francisco, California, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 12, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 31. His name is inscribed on Panel 25W, Line 89 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25W · Line 89
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
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- July 23, 1937
- Home of record
- San Francisco, California (San Francisco County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 12, 1969
- Age
- 31
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
170 names on the Wall carry the date May 12, 1969; 44 of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 60 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 25W, Line 89
- ESTEBAN ANGEL TREVINO JRLance Corporal · May 12, 1969
- PRESTON TRIBBLE JRSergeant · May 12, 1969
- MICHAEL RAYMOND TUCKERStaff Sergeant · May 12, 1969
- RODGER ALAN VANDERGRIFFPrivate First Class · May 12, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JOSE JESUS AGUILLONSpecialist Four · Panel 25W, Line 59
- KENNETH LEE BRINKSStaff Sergeant · Panel 25W, Line 62
- HUGH PINSON CALDWELL JRSpecialist Four · Panel 25W, Line 63
- ROBERT WILLIAM COMPTONSergeant · Panel 25W, Line 64
- PETER PHILIP DUBIELPrivate First Class · Panel 25W, Line 67
- MARLOYE KEITH HALGRIMSONSpecialist Four · Panel 25W, Line 70
- FRANK EDWARD JOHNSONPrivate First Class · Panel 25W, Line 73
- ROY LEE NATIONSPrivate First Class · Panel 25W, Line 79
- JOSEPH ANTHONY NURZYNSKISpecialist Five · Panel 25W, Line 79
- BRUCE EDWARD PETEROYSpecialist Four · Panel 25W, Line 81
- JOHN ROZOWSpecialist Four · Panel 25W, Line 83
- NATHAN BEDFORD SIMMONSSergeant First Class · Panel 25W, Line 85
- JAMES RALPH STEVENSONPrivate First Class · Panel 25W, Line 86
- ISAIAH TRUMAN STUKESPrivate First Class · Panel 25W, Line 87
- MICHAEL JAMES STURGILLCorporal · Panel 25W, Line 87
- CHARLES THOMAS JRSpecialist Four · Panel 25W, Line 88
- CARL THOMPSONSpecialist Four · Panel 25W, Line 88
- LARRY LEE THOMURESpecialist Four · Panel 25W, Line 88
- PRESTON TRIBBLE JRSergeant · Panel 25W, Line 89
- ALBERTO RIOS VASQUEZ JRSpecialist Four · Panel 25W, Line 90
- SAMUEL LEE WABLESpecialist Four · Panel 25W, Line 90
- DARRELL CHARLES WESTPrivate First Class · Panel 25W, Line 90
From San Francisco
- BRUCE CHARLES FARRELLLieutenant · October 8, 1963
- JOHN F SANTOS JRCaptain · April 28, 1964
- HARRY PAUL GAMBLEPrivate First Class · June 7, 1965
- LUDWIG PETER KOHLERPrivate First Class · July 26, 1965
- WILLIAM GEORGE WHEATLEYPrivate First Class · October 13, 1965
- EVERETT WILLIAM GOIASSpecialist Four · November 8, 1965
- JOHN ARTHUR NATHANSpecialist Four · November 8, 1965
- RONALD DENNIS FERGUSONSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- JOSE WILFREDO SUAREZSpecialist Five · November 20, 1965
- LAAVALE FUATAU TAGATALance Corporal · December 3, 1965
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.