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DAVID LOYALL BERRY
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 22, 1946 – July 21, 1966
Service recordDavid Loyall Berry, of Houston, Texas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on July 21, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 9E, Line 51 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9E · Line 51
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- October 22, 1946
- Home of record
- Houston, Texas (Harris County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 21, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date July 21, 1966. In July 1966, 562 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 93 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9E, Line 51
- RICHARD BRIGHTPrivate · July 21, 1966
- WILLIE B CARYPrivate First Class · July 21, 1966
- STEPHEN KEITH DIBBSergeant · July 21, 1966
- DOUGLAS ROBERT FRENCHLance Corporal · July 21, 1966
Same unit, same day
- JAMES XAVIER GILCHPrivate First Class · Panel 9E, Line 52
- RICHARD DENZIL GILL JRSpecialist Four · Panel 9E, Line 52
- SAMUEL GARY HARRISPrivate First Class · Panel 9E, Line 52
- LEO EDWARD HINTERLONGSpecialist Four · Panel 9E, Line 53
- ROBERT EDWARD PULLIAM JRSergeant · Panel 9E, Line 53
- WILBERTO CABRERA SANCHEZStaff Sergeant · Panel 9E, Line 53
- LARRY VANCLIEFSpecialist Four · Panel 9E, Line 54
From Houston
- JOSEPH MICHAEL FAHEY JRCaptain · February 11, 1962
- JOHN F SHAUGHNESSY JRCaptain · February 3, 1963
- RICHARD DALE HILLAirman Second Class · December 6, 1963
- HUGHIE DARELL ADAMSMajor · January 7, 1964
- ALBERT LAWRENCE SHIMEKPrivate First Class · April 10, 1964
- BYRON CLARK STONECaptain · August 20, 1964
- JAMES EDWARD HAVEMANNWarrant Officer 1 · October 7, 1964
- ROBERT GRAHAM BELLMajor · May 16, 1965
- LEROY ANTHONY BOURGEOISPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- ROBERT FILMORE BATSONSergeant · August 18, 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.