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DAVID DENNIS BERKHOLZ
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 25, 1945 – January 31, 1967
Service recordDavid Dennis Berkholz, of Berrien Springs, Michigan, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 31, 1967, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 14E, Line 99 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14E · Line 99
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 Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- July 25, 1945
- Home of record
- Berrien Springs, Michigan (Berrien County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 31, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date January 31, 1967; two of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In January 1967, 638 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 48 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14E, Line 99
- JAMES ROBERT RHODESLance Corporal · January 30, 1967
- ROBERT EDWARD STEIROPrivate First Class · January 30, 1967
- HOWARD LEROY BARDENCaptain · January 31, 1967
- GARY EDWIN BULLOCKSpecialist Four · January 31, 1967
From Berrien Springs
- RICHARD ALLEN BRUECKSpecialist Four · March 9, 1970
- BOBBY GENE HANEYCorporal · March 14, 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.