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DONALD JOSEPH BERGER
Captain · U.S. Marine Corps
September 12, 1931 – December 28, 1969
Service recordDonald Joseph Berger, of Williamsville, New York, served as a Captain in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 28, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 38. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 101 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 101
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
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Pilot Vmfa F-4s (I) (7522)
- Born
- September 12, 1931
- Home of record
- Williamsville, New York (Erie County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 28, 1969
- Age
- 38
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date December 28, 1969; four of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In December 1969, 509 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 101
- ROBERT ALEXANDER ABRUZESEPrivate First Class · December 28, 1969
- JAMES MURIEL ALDERMANPrivate First Class · December 28, 1969
- WILLIAM LEE BEADNELLPrivate First Class · December 28, 1969
- WILLIAM LLOYD BUNCHSergeant · December 28, 1969
From Williamsville
- KEVIN GERALD OCONNELLPrivate First Class · June 29, 1967
- THOMAS JON MOOREWarrant Officer 1 · February 19, 1968
- JOHN AUSTIN ANDERSONSpecialist Four · May 13, 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.