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DENNIS PAUL BERGENSTEIN
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
September 24, 1945 – May 3, 1967
Service recordDennis Paul Bergenstein, of Avon Lake, Ohio, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 3, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 19E, Line 21 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19E · Line 21
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- September 24, 1945
- Home of record
- Avon Lake, Ohio (Lorain County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 3, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
70 names on the Wall carry the date May 3, 1967; 30 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 19E, Line 21
- JAMES ANDERSONPrivate First Class · May 3, 1967
- JAMES IVERSON BALCHHospitalman · May 3, 1967
- DAVID W BARNABYStaff Sergeant · May 3, 1967
- GARY LADD BIEHLLance Corporal · May 3, 1967
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.