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BRENT JOHN BERTSCH
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
July 18, 1946 – May 17, 1968
Service recordBrent John Bertsch, of Lodi, California, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on May 17, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 61E, Line 23 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 61E · Line 23
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 Five (SP5)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Ammunition Records Clerk (76M)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- July 18, 1946
- Home of record
- Lodi, California (San Joaquin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 17, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
85 names on the Wall carry the date May 17, 1968; five of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 103 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 61E, Line 23
- JOHN ANTHONY BIFARETI JRSergeant · May 17, 1968
- LYLE PRESTON BILLSPrivate First Class · May 17, 1968
- DENNIS BEDELLE BLACKSpecialist Four · May 17, 1968
- SHERMAN JAMES BOULWARESpecialist Four · May 17, 1968
Same unit, same day
- FRANKLIN VANCE ANDERSONWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 61E, Line 22
From Lodi
- JAMES J LABARBERPrivate First Class · February 21, 1967
- DENNIS CRAIG WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · March 14, 1967
- WAYNE ROBERT BARTHLance Corporal · April 24, 1967
- JOEL THOMAS WILLISFirst Lieutenant · June 11, 1967
- RICHARD EDWARD HEILSpecialist Four · March 25, 1968
- MARK EDWARD HODELConstructionman · March 31, 1968
- JOHN EDWARD NORDELL JRSpecialist Four · February 5, 1969
- GARRY LEE KUBLERSpecialist Four · April 18, 1969
- JOHN ELDON LOCKHORST JRCorporal · March 8, 1970
- CURTIS EDWIN STELZERCorporal · June 29, 1970
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.