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DAVID EDWARD BERGFELDT
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
December 20, 1944 – December 23, 1969
Service recordDavid Edward Bergfeldt, of Las Cruces, New Mexico, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on December 23, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 85 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 85
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 Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Food Service Specialist (94B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- December 20, 1944
- Home of record
- Las Cruces, New Mexico (Dona Ana County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 23, 1969
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date December 23, 1969; three of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In December 1969, 509 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 23 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 85
- RUSSELL LEE BROWNPrivate First Class · December 23, 1969
- EASLEY PHILLIP BYERS JRSpecialist Four · December 23, 1969
- JOEL LESLIE COOKLance Corporal · December 23, 1969
- DANIEL WINSLOW EDWARDS JRSergeant First Class · December 23, 1969
Same unit, same day
- EASLEY PHILLIP BYERS JRSpecialist Four · Panel 15W, Line 85
- OSCAR BURL LYLES JRStaff Sergeant · Panel 15W, Line 86
From Las Cruces
- JOHN MILTON RISNERPrivate First Class · June 26, 1966
- JOE MAC KEMPCorporal · July 24, 1966
- ROBERT F CHAMBERLAINWarrant Officer 1 · October 7, 1966
- JUAN MANUEL ALBA ZAMORACorporal · July 18, 1967
- JOHN RAMAGE BARBOURPetty Officer Third Class · September 4, 1967
- DAVID REAY MALINSPrivate First Class · October 5, 1967
- WALTER CLIFFORD BUNYEA JRPrivate First Class · November 7, 1967
- ANDY ANASTACIO CABRERACorporal · January 3, 1968
- JESSE MECHEMFirst Lieutenant · February 12, 1968
- CHARLE CORDOVA FLORESSpecialist Five · May 9, 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.