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EDGAR DAVIDSON BERNER
Chief Warrant Officer 2 · U.S. Army
August 28, 1940 – April 29, 1970
Service recordEdgar Davidson Berner, of Marshall, Illinois, served as a Chief Warrant Officer 2 in the U.S. Army. He died on April 29, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 66 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 66
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
- Chief Warrant Officer 2 (CW2)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Utility/Observation Helicopter Pilot (100B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- August 28, 1940
- Home of record
- Marshall, Illinois (Clark County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 29, 1970
- Age
- 29
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date April 29, 1970; 13 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 108 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11W, Line 66
- MICHAEL J VANGELISTISergeant · April 28, 1970
- WILLIE AUSTIN JRSpecialist Four · April 29, 1970
- EDWARD JAMES BISHOP JRStaff Sergeant · April 29, 1970
- ROBERT SIDNEY BOGGSCorporal · April 29, 1970
Same unit, same day
- EDWARD JAMES BISHOP JRStaff Sergeant · Panel 11W, Line 66
- ROBERT SIDNEY BOGGSCorporal · Panel 11W, Line 66
- DAVID MOY BURKE JRSpecialist Five · Panel 11W, Line 67
- DENNIS WAYNE HUNTERCorporal · Panel 11W, Line 68
- JEFFREY JOHN KLAVESSpecialist Four · Panel 11W, Line 68
- JAMES WILLIAM MCGUIRESergeant · Panel 11W, Line 69
- CARL EUGENE PATTENCorporal · Panel 11W, Line 69
- CLINT JOSEPH SIMSSergeant · Panel 11W, Line 70
- ROY HARRISON SNYDERSergeant · Panel 11W, Line 70
- WILLIAM JOHN STIEVESergeant · Panel 11W, Line 70
- LINWOOD ALFERONIA WALKERCorporal · Panel 11W, Line 71
- FREDERICK EDWARD WORTMANNSergeant · Panel 11W, Line 71
From Marshall
- DOW E STEPPLance Corporal · September 11, 1967
- KENNETH JULIAN ELLINGTONSpecialist Four · April 8, 1969
- JOHN PELL RACKHAUSLance Corporal · November 16, 1969
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.