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BERTRAND C MEDINE JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 26, 1948 – July 23, 1970
Service recordBertrand C Medine JR, of New Orleans, Louisiana, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on July 23, 1970, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 46 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 46
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- December 26, 1948
- Home of record
- New Orleans, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 23, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date July 23, 1970; three of them were lost in Long Khanh Province. In July 1970, 495 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 52 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 46
- LARRY ALLEN GATLIFFPrivate First Class · July 23, 1970
- PAUL LINN HAININGPrivate First Class · July 23, 1970
- ANDRE CAVARO LUCASLieutenant Colonel · July 23, 1970
- TERRY LEE MERRITTSpecialist Four · July 23, 1970
Same unit, same day
- DERREL KEITH DICKEYSergeant · Panel 8W, Line 45
- PAUL LINN HAININGPrivate First Class · Panel 8W, Line 46
- JOHN JOSEPH ZAGATACorporal · Panel 8W, Line 47
From New Orleans
- GEORGE EDWARD FLYNN IIICaptain · September 23, 1964
- HARRY EMILUS ROWLEYSpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- EPHRON WALLACE JRSpecialist Four · October 5, 1965
- ROBERT ANGELO SOLORZANOLance Corporal · November 3, 1965
- CARL STEPHEN DANIELSPrivate First Class · November 4, 1965
- HERMAN LOUIS JEFFERSON JRSpecialist Four · November 12, 1965
- EARL DUBOIS AULLSecond Lieutenant · November 17, 1965
- LAVINE JOHN BANKSSergeant · November 17, 1965
- JOHNNY WILLIAM BOUINGTONPrivate First Class · November 25, 1965
- RONALD FRANCIS RODMajor · December 4, 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.