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BRUCE ALLAN BERG
Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 22, 1950 – August 7, 1971
Service recordBruce Allan Berg, of Olympia, Washington, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 7, 1971, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 125 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 125
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 (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- April 22, 1950
- Home of record
- Olympia, Washington (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 7, 1971
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
Five names on the Wall carry the date August 7, 1971; three of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In August 1971, 116 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 4 of its members that month.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 3W, Line 125
- WALTER JOSEPH VICHOSKY JRSpecialist Four · August 6, 1971
- ORAN LOTHIER BINGHAMStaff Sergeant · August 7, 1971
- LOREN DOUGLAS HAGENFirst Lieutenant · August 7, 1971
- ALFRED FRANK POSPISILSpecialist Four · August 7, 1971
Same unit, same day
- ORAN LOTHIER BINGHAMStaff Sergeant · Panel 3W, Line 125
- LOREN DOUGLAS HAGENFirst Lieutenant · Panel 3W, Line 125
From Olympia
- DARRELL THOMAS RAYPrivate First Class · February 28, 1966
- WILFRED C JOHNSON JRPrivate First Class · September 5, 1966
- KENNETH MILES CROUTPrivate First Class · April 7, 1967
- EDWARD WILLIAM WELLSWarrant Officer 1 · April 23, 1967
- EDWARD ORVILLE BILSIEStaff Sergeant · November 30, 1967
- ROBERT ERIC LOCHRIDGESergeant · January 30, 1968
- KENNETH R WILLIAMS JRCorporal · March 9, 1968
- GARY LEIGH MACKSergeant · April 29, 1968
- CHARLES JAMES WHYTESergeant · May 28, 1968
- ANTHONY JOSEPH PEARSONCaptain · October 21, 1968
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.