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CHARLES RAY BERRY
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 24, 1947 – February 9, 1970
Service recordCharles Ray Berry, of Wichita Falls, Texas, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 9, 1970, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 117 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 117
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- February 24, 1947
- Home of record
- Wichita Falls, Texas (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 9, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Heart Related
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date February 9, 1970; two of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 15 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 14W, Line 117
- OSCAR JOE GOMEZSergeant · February 9, 1970
- ROBERT EUGENE GRIFFINLieutenant Colonel · February 9, 1970
- JOHN ARTHUR GRINERLieutenant · February 9, 1970
- THOMAS FRANK HAGENSpecialist Five · February 9, 1970
From Wichita Falls
- RONALD ALAN MILLERSecond Lieutenant · November 17, 1965
- CHESTER LEWIS GABLEMajor · February 10, 1966
- BILLY WAYNE MORTONPrivate First Class · March 14, 1966
- THURMAN WAYNE OWENStaff Sergeant · April 2, 1966
- GEORGE GRADY COOPERMajor · January 21, 1967
- JOHNNY EDWARD BRUMLEYSergeant · February 26, 1967
- JOHN WAYNE MOWERFirst Lieutenant · March 25, 1967
- CHARLES SHIVER JRLance Corporal · April 30, 1967
- TEDDY REX DUNNSergeant · May 31, 1967
- JAMES GARY HINCHSpecialist Four · June 19, 1967
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.