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BILL LAVERN BERSTLER
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
December 20, 1947 – June 17, 1969
Service recordBill Lavern Berstler, of Ladora, Iowa, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 17, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 22W, Line 63 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22W · Line 63
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Assaultman (0351)
- Born
- December 20, 1947
- Home of record
- Ladora, Iowa (Iowa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 17, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date June 17, 1969; 22 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 22W, Line 63
- HIRIS WAYNE BLEVINSSpecialist Four · June 17, 1969
- RONALD STEVEN CAMPBELLLance Corporal · June 17, 1969
- BILLY RAYMOND CHADWICKSpecialist Four · June 17, 1969
- DERRICK COREPrivate First Class · June 17, 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.