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DAVID DONALD BERDAHL
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 16, 1953 – January 20, 1972
Service recordDavid Donald Berdahl, of Minot, North Dakota, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 20, 1972, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 98 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 98
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Oh-13/Oh-23 Helicopter Repairman (67M)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- January 16, 1953
- Home of record
- Minot, North Dakota (Ward County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 20, 1972
- Age
- 19
- 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
Four names on the Wall carry the date January 20, 1972; two of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In January 1972, 47 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 9 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
Also on Panel 2W, Line 98
- RICHARD JAMES HOCKCaptain · January 16, 1972
- PATRICK WILLIAM RABACALSpecialist Four · January 16, 1972
- BENJAMIN EDWIN YARD JRStaff Sergeant · January 16, 1972
- HARRY JEROME EDWARDSSpecialist Four · January 20, 1972
Same unit, same day
- HARRY JEROME EDWARDSSpecialist Four · Panel 2W, Line 98
- DWIGHT JED MINNIEARSpecialist Four · Panel 2W, Line 99
From Minot
- ALLAN JAMES KOROMLance Corporal · May 22, 1966
- THOMAS A WELKERStaff Sergeant · July 27, 1967
- LEON LEROY LOCHTHOWEPrivate First Class · September 22, 1967
- WARD GUNARD WALTERSergeant · November 29, 1967
- RICHARD LEE BORGMANPrivate First Class · March 3, 1968
- GEORGE ERNEST VALKER IIISpecialist Four · August 10, 1968
- ROBERT ALVIN BROTHENSergeant · February 27, 1969
- LAWRENCE ROBERT ESSERSpecialist Four · March 12, 1969
- RICHARD ANTHONY VOLKLance Corporal · March 19, 1969
- JOHN MORRIS JOYCEFirst Lieutenant · April 17, 1969
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.