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CARLOS PIREZ-BERGES
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 24, 1943 – October 15, 1966
Service recordCarlos Pirez-Berges, of New York, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on October 15, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 78 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11E · Line 78
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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 24, 1943
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 15, 1966
- Age
- 22
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date October 15, 1966. In October 1966, 516 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 55 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11E, Line 78
- JAMES SHERWIN PITTMANPrivate First Class · October 15, 1966
- KENNETH EDWARD SHRUMSpecialist Four · October 15, 1966
- WILLIAM J B STONEPrivate First Class · October 15, 1966
- RODGER EDSON TERWILLIGERStaff Sergeant · October 15, 1966
Same unit, same day
- MARVIN DOWDELLPrivate First Class · Panel 11E, Line 76
- ROBERT JOHN MARCAVAGESpecialist Four · Panel 11E, Line 77
- WILLIAM J B STONEPrivate First Class · Panel 11E, Line 78
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 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.