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DAVID MICHAEL BERTRAM
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
February 4, 1949 – June 15, 1968
Service recordDavid Michael Bertram, of Campbellsville, Kentucky, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 15, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 57W, Line 22 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 57W · Line 22
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Assaultman (0351)
- Born
- February 4, 1949
- Home of record
- Campbellsville, Kentucky (Taylor County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 15, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
60 names on the Wall carry the date June 15, 1968; 23 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 57W, Line 22
- JOHN WESLEY WRIGHTSpecialist Five · June 14, 1968
- JOHN VINCENT AKINPrivate First Class · June 15, 1968
- ERVIN LEWIS AUMANSergeant · June 15, 1968
- CHARLES OAKES BAKER IISergeant First Class · June 15, 1968
From Campbellsville
- ROGER KEITH HOOSIERPrivate First Class · March 16, 1967
- ALTON RAY PHILLIPSSergeant · June 15, 1969
- MARSHALL KEENE JONESSergeant · August 20, 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.